Ordnance – Mounts – With body protecting devices
Patent
1980-01-10
1982-06-29
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Mounts
With body protecting devices
89 37H, 89 41C, 89 41E, F41F 2114
Patent
active
043367437
ABSTRACT:
A gun mount for light automatic weapons, comprising an upper mount having cradle means for the detachable attachment of the weapon thereto and a lower mount having a circular track and being adapted to be attached to a vehicle in such a manner that the upper mount is rotated about the vertical axis of the circular track. The cradle is pivotable about a horizontal weapon traverse axis. Aiming means comprising a rigid periscope having fixed reflecting mirrors is provided with its eyepiece located below the circular track and whose sight radius is coupled with the traverse motion of the weapon about the weapon traverse axis. The aiming means is about a sight axis which is parallel to the horizontal weapon traverse axis and is attached to a blinder having surface areas which are rotationally symmetrical to the sight axis. A connecting rod is provided having one end pivotable about a first traverse axle parallel to the sight axis and is rigidly connected to the blinder and the other end of the connecting rod is articulated about a second traverse axle on said cradle. The sight axis, the weaspon traverse axis, the first traverse axle and the second traverse axle form the corners of a parallelogram.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3424052 (1969-01-01), Ruf
Horn Kurt
Muller Walter
Schneider Adolf
Bentley Stephen C.
Heckler & Koch GmbH
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