| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4558626 |
Primer cartridge magazine for a wedge-type breech block |
December 17, 1985 |
| A primer cartridge magazine is removably mounted in the reciprocally movable slider of a wedge-type breech mechanism of a gun. The magazine has a longitudinal spring mounted therein which biases a stack of primer cartridges via a guide member towards the bottom of the magazine at which |
| 4557437 |
Process for flight-attitude-adjustment of a flying body and/or activation of live load carried b |
December 10, 1985 |
| A process for controlling the flight attitude of a flying body and/or the activation of a useful live load on a flying body and the arrangement for carrying out the process. At least one receiving-emitting-unit for emitting and receiving energy in the form of ultra soundwaves is first |
| 4555971 |
Method and apparatus for covering a target area with ammunition |
December 3, 1985 |
| In the method and apparatus for covering a target area with ammunition, a container, which contains active bodies W arranged on different decks 30.1, 30.2 and which is to be brought over the target area, releases the active bodies W through release openings 34 on its sides to become |
| 4551287 |
Method of making a hollow-charge inserts for armor-piercing projectiles |
November 5, 1985 |
| Inserts for hollow charges, especially for armor-piercing projectiles, are formed with a monocrystalline, unitary structure by melting and directional solidification of a body of the insert material, e.g. copper, in which a shaping member has been provided. |
| 4548121 |
Breech mechanism with a mushroom head packing |
October 22, 1985 |
| A breech mechanism having a breech block and an obturator for an automatic weapon for firing with a high firing frequency and high gas pressure without inhibiting the safety of the weapon against jamming or misfiring.The obturator is pivotally mounted about a first axis which is normal with |
| 4546705 |
Blank for a sabot and process for making the same |
October 15, 1985 |
| A blank for a sabot having premachined separating lines which are fabricated for the purpose of avoiding cost-intensive machinery by means of extrusion presses and subsequently reduction rolling. A predetermined oversize relative to the finished sabot can be strictly adapted to preva |
| 4545755 |
Apparatus for making a pressed body |
October 8, 1985 |
| An apparatus for pressing a fluent powder into a rigid body comprises a die formed with an upwardly open and laterally closed pressing cavity adapted to hold a mass of the fluent particles to be pressed and a punch having a lower portion substantially complementary to and fittable in the |
| 4542696 |
Munitions round for barrel-type weapons |
September 24, 1985 |
| A munitions round for a subcaliber projectile to be fired from a barrel-type weapon has a casing, of a uniform outer cross section substantially over its entire length, receiving the projectile which is at least partially surrounded by the gas-generating propellant charge. A drive bo |
| 4541592 |
Wing-stabilized projectile |
September 17, 1985 |
| The invention relates to a wing-stabilized projectile having a transverse thrust steering arrangement. The transverse thrust steering arrangement is constructed in such a way that the release of thrust impulses out of control nozzles is achieved, independently from each other and oscilla |
| 4538519 |
Warhead unit |
September 3, 1985 |
| A warhead unit carrying a pay load and being suspended from a parachute which brakes the descent of the warhead unit. The pay load includes a sensor for detecting a target and a projectile-forming charge which is fired from the pay load when activated by the sensor. The pay load is r |
| 4537132 |
Hollow-charge insert for armor-piercing projectile |
August 27, 1985 |
| A forwardly concave insert for a hollow charge of an armor-piercing missile or projectile has an inner peripheral wall with linear generatrices and an outer peripheral wall with at least partly curved generatrices diverging from the inner wall surface to an annular zone of maximum wall t |
| 4535677 |
Drum magazine for large-caliber ammunition |
August 20, 1985 |
| An improved drum magazine for large caliber ammunition. The drum magazine has a peripheral cover in which a plurality of extracting openings are disposed. An extraction mechanism is adapted to extract via the extraction opening the radially outermost of a plurality of juxtaposed cartridg |
| 4532851 |
Liquid-propellant system |
August 6, 1985 |
| A nonhypergolic propellant for a barrel-type weapon is mixed with about 20% by volume of a propellant granulate which can be in the form of spheroidal powder, preferably a dibasic powder propellant, or in the form of micro-encapsulated liquid propellant which can be of the same compositi |
| 4531447 |
Barrel mount for cannon |
July 30, 1985 |
| A cannon has a barrel extending along a barrel axis and having in turn a cradle provided with a pair of trunnions centered on and defining a trunnion axis substantially perpendicular to the barrel axis. The gun carriage has a pair of cheeks spaced apart along the trunnion axis and ju |
| 4524697 |
Projectile arrangement for a weapon having a gun barrel |
June 25, 1985 |
| A projectile arrangement for a gun barrel weapon having a plurality of sub-caliber projectiles which are mounted on a common sabot which is composed of a plurality of segments. These projectiles are designed for a sequential flight one behind the other at predetermined distances and |
| 4524696 |
Explosive shrapnel shell |
June 25, 1985 |
| An explosive shrapnel shell has a bursting charge having a front end, a layer of shrapnel laterally surrounding the charge except at the end, a fuse mounted on the front end, and shrapnel in the fuse. The fuse includes a detonator charge lying between the fuse shrapnel and the bursting |
| 4524694 |
Cluster bomb projectile |
June 25, 1985 |
| A flying vehicle or projectile for transporting a plurality of useful loads which are to be expelled at a predetermined point of the flight path. The flying projectile or transport vehicle includes a useful load chamber that is defined by a cylindrically-shaped housing and includes means |
| 4517900 |
Testing and/or practice projectile for an artillery weapon |
May 21, 1985 |
| A testing and/or practice projectile assembly for preselected use in an artillery weapon in lieu of conventional live ammunition. The projectile assembly includes a casing which has an axial length which is less by a predetermined distance than that of the conventional live projectile. A |
| 4516502 |
Impact projectile assembly |
May 14, 1985 |
| A subcaliber projectile assembly especially for attack against active armor has an enabling projectile disposed axially ahead of a main projectile and in line and in end-to-end relationship therewith in a common sabot. The fin structures of the two projectiles are designed to increase th |
| 4508007 |
Locking arrangement for the elevating mechanism of a gun barrel |
April 2, 1985 |
| A weapon having a gun barrel and a gun elevating mechanism and a gun traversing mechanism respectively operatively connected to said gun barrel. A separate fully automatic loading mechanism also is operatively connected to said gun barrel. This gun barrel is to be maintained during t |
| 4508006 |
Device for quickly stopping a remote controlled automatic cannon |
April 2, 1985 |
| A device for quickly stopping a remote controlled automatic cannon having a breech block which can be moved by means of an endless control groove in an essentially rotationally symmetrical control roller, with each region of the control groove being associated with a respective function |
| 4507608 |
Method and arrangement using a pair of resonant circuits for determining and indicating the posi |
March 26, 1985 |
| Method for determining the position and depth of unevenness in an inner surface of a pipe with the aid of a scanning head which is adapted to travel through the pipe and which is rotatable about the pipe axis. The invention provides an inductive, or capacitive, depth scanning process, |
| 4505181 |
Stepwise double-cartridge-alternate feeder for an automatic weapon having a straight breech oper |
March 19, 1985 |
| A double-cartridge feeder has left and right sprocket wheel transport shafts. Each transport shaft is provided with a star wheel coaxially mounted thereon. A reciprocally movable switching fork is arranged on a first alternate drive. A second alternate drive serves for swinging of an |
| 4502366 |
Hydraulic recoil brake system for braking the gun barrel recoil movement after the firing traver |
March 5, 1985 |
| A hydraulic recoil brake system for braking the recoil of a gun barrel during and after the firing traverse period. The system includes a hydraulic cylinder in which a hollow piston and piston rod are reciprocally mounted in the cylinder. The piston rod is connected to the gun barrel |
| 4497253 |
Armor-piercing projectile |
February 5, 1985 |
| An armor-piercing projectile having a hard core and a hollow charge disposed in front of the hard core with respect to the direction of flight. A proximity fuse is arranged in the projectile and is adapted to effect an ignition of the hollow charge prior to the impacting of the armor |
| 4495869 |
Fuzeless annular wing projectile |
January 29, 1985 |
| A fuzeless annular wing projectile composed of a tubular projectile body having essentially smooth interior and exterior cylindrical faces extending in the longitudinal direction of the body, and a guide band mounted on the body with the body being formed and/or treated to exhibit de |
| 4495852 |
Armor car-mounted mortar |
January 29, 1985 |
| A weapons system including a mortar and a vehicle. The vehicle has a body including a side wall having a region constructed for receiving the mortar. A mounting device is connected with the vehicle for mounting the mortar for movement between a traveling position in which the mortar is |
| 4494440 |
Arming sets for weapons system |
January 22, 1985 |
| A weapons system for single-barrel automatic cannons uses PRUNIT rounds consisting of a projectile and a casingless solid body of propellant affixed to the projectile. A respective arming set is provided for at least some of said weapons to form central units therewith. Each arming s |
| 4494329 |
Arrangement for determining the presence of a cartridge in a cartridge chamber of a weapon |
January 22, 1985 |
| A cartridge casing detection system for detecting the presence or absence of a cartridge casing in the cartridge chamber of a machine cannon. A lever is pivotally mounted in a recess of the housing of the weapon. A sensor is connected to a switch. One free end of the lever is adapted to |
| 4489639 |
Armor car-mounted mortar |
December 25, 1984 |
| A muzzle loading mortar constructed for mounting on a protected enclosure, for example, an armored vehicle. The mortar includes a mortar tube having an open end for receiving and discharging a projectile, and mounting means, including a tube cradle connected with a recoil-return means, a |
| 4487131 |
Cartridge ammunition |
December 11, 1984 |
| Cartridge ammunition is provided comprising a subcaliber shall, a sabot attached to the shell, and a propellant case including a cartridge cover connected with a catch to the sabot. The cartridge cover is bulge-like bent and comprises spring parts protruding toward the axis and is formed |
| 4487127 |
Percussion fuse |
December 11, 1984 |
| An improved construction for a percussion fuse. The fuse function has a firing pin rigidly mounted in an ignition head an adapted to coact with a percussion cap mounted in an impact member. This impact member is securedly maintained in a first position by means of at least one blocking |
| 4487126 |
Safety fuse with automatic underwater self-disarming |
December 11, 1984 |
| A pressure-actuated fuse has a housing formed with an inner chamber and with a passage having an outer end opening to the exterior and an inner end opening into the chamber. A plug in the passage has a porosity sufficient to allow slow liquid flow through itself. An actuating element |
| 4485722 |
Recoil brake with hydropneumatic recuperator and forward movement damping |
December 4, 1984 |
| A combination recuperator and gun barrel recoil brake form a single constructional unit assembly. This assembly includes a storage cylinder in which a recoil (brake) cylinder is mounted by means of a separating piston which forms part of the recoil cylinder and which is slidably disposed |
| 4478149 |
Underwater detonating device |
October 23, 1984 |
| An underwater ignition device is provided comprising a rotor, a detonator disposed at the rotor, a locking pin secured in position by a safety pin, a release pin maintained in position by the locking pin, a first water pressure safety device normally engaging the rotor and preventing a |
| 4458578 |
Trigger for an automatic firearm having a linear action breech block |
July 10, 1984 |
| A trigger device for an automatic firearm having a linear action breech block. The device includes a catch lever movable to arrest movement of the breech block and a specially constructed kinematic chain which prevents the occurrence of an ambiguous intermediate position of the catch lev |
| 4452653 |
Method of coating ammunition with a protective surface layer |
June 5, 1984 |
| A protective surface coating for ammunition having no cartridge casing and ammunition having a combustible cartridge casing. A body of highly porous nitrocellulose is permeated from the outside with a polymer carried by a solvent to form a binder for the body. A layer of metal platelets |
| 4444712 |
Process for the production of sliding-through guide bands |
April 24, 1984 |
| A process for producing guide bands made of deformable synthetic material for flight-stabilized projectiles which are shot out of smooth and drawn gun barrels. The projectile includes an annular groove in which the guide band is mounted and from which it slightly radially projects. The p |
| 4444115 |
Cartridge-type munition having a destructible or partially combustible casing |
April 24, 1984 |
| A cartridge-type munition comprising a casing and a projectile in which the casing at least in part is constituted of combustible and destructible material. According to the invention, a first connection between the projectile and the casing is formed by a neck engaging the periphery of |
| 4444114 |
Munitions round for barrel-type weapons |
April 24, 1984 |
| A munitions round for a subcaliber projectile to be fired from a barrel-type weapon has a casing receiving the projectile which is at least partially surrounded by the gas-generating propellant charge. A drive body is mounted at the forward end of the projectile and has a rearward pr |
| 4418608 |
Arrangement for pre-selecting the cadence of firing bursts of a pressurized gas loader of a gun |
December 6, 1983 |
| In an automatic gas-driven firing weapon such as a machine cannon, an improved arrangement for pre-selecting the cadence of firing bursts. The weapon includes at least one first conduit in the gun barrel for conducting at least a portion of the gases formed at firing to an outlet of |
| 4416185 |
Alternate ammunition belt feeder of an automatic fire arm having a linear breech |
November 22, 1983 |
| An alternate ammunition belt feeder for selectively feeding one of two types of ammunition from two separate ammunition belts via two separate cartridge feeding stars into the linear breech pocket of an automatic fire arm, such as a machine cannon. Two cartridge feeders, which include th |
| 4407071 |
Internal diameter measuring device for pipes |
October 4, 1983 |
| An internal diameter measuring and scanning device for pipes, gun barrels and the like, wherein the arrangement is slidably axially movable through the pipe. The arrangement includes a guide body which is rotatably mounted in the pipe. A plurality of feeler fingers are mounted on the gui |
| 4406225 |
Ignition fuse for spin-stabilized projectiles |
September 27, 1983 |
| In a spin-stabilized projectile, an improved ignition fuse arrangement for a pyrotechnic ignition charge. The ignition charge is mounted in a rotor which is movable from a safety position to an armed (active) position. This rotor is held by actuating means in the safety position and is |
| 4402252 |
Weapon counter-recoil dampening mechanism for a machine cannon having a wedge type breech block |
September 6, 1983 |
| An improved counter-recoil dampening and braking mechanism for a machine cannon. The mechanism includes a cylinder which is secured to the gun barrel or housing of the machine cannon. A stationary piston is mounted inside the cylinder and has a pair of hollow piston rods extend in op |
| 4393781 |
Fuze for liquid shell propellants |
July 19, 1983 |
| A fuze for the firing of a projectile from a gun barrel comprises a breech piece threaded onto the rear end of the barrel and defining therewith a cylindrical chamber for a charge of liquid propellant to be tangentially introduced upon insertion into the barrel of the projectile to be fi |
| 4392414 |
Ammunition belt |
July 12, 1983 |
| An improved ammunition belt for automatic barrel weapons such as machine cannons. The ammunition belt is composed of a plurality of belt members each of which is adapted to accommodate and resiliently hold an ammunition unit in operative position therein. The belt members include pin-lik |
| 4391180 |
Method and means for controlling the firing rate from a machine gun |
July 5, 1983 |
| A method for controlling the rate of firing from a machine gun having means for imparting energy to an ammunition feed system, a rigidly locking breech block and a firing device, and having a recoil and counter-recoil device which is movably coupled by means of a differential recoil syst |
| 4381694 |
Recoil block or brake for a linear breech mechanism in an automatic fire arm |
May 3, 1983 |
| A recoil brake or block mechanism for an automatic fire arm having a linearly reciprocating breech block. This mechanism includes a slide which is reciprocally mounted on the breech block. A two-armed lever is pivotally mounted in the housing of the fire arm and is adapted to coact w |
| 4369709 |
Underwater detonating device |
January 25, 1983 |
| An underwater ignition device is provided comprising a rotor, a detonator disposed at the rotor, a locking pin secured in position by a safety pin, a release pin maintained in position by the locking pin, a first water pressure safety device normally engaging the rotor and preventing a |
