Ordnance – Trench mortars
Patent
1997-09-18
1999-10-12
Jordan, Charles T.
Ordnance
Trench mortars
89 6, 73167, G01L 2308, F41F 106
Patent
active
059658355
ABSTRACT:
A front loading weapon includes a barrel for firing ammunition therefrom; a breechblock arranged at a rear terminal portion of the barrel; a firing pin carried by the breechblock; and an apparatus for monitoring load conditions of the barrel. The apparatus includes a body sound sensor mounted on the weapon and emitting a first signal representing body oscillations of the weapon; an electronic evaluating device connected to an output of the sensor for emitting a second signal characteristic of an impacting of a cartridge on a region of the breechblock upon loading the cartridge into the barrel; and a warning device connected to the electronic evaluating device for being actuated by the second signal.
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Jordan Charles T.
Kelemen Gabor J.
Montgomery Christopher K.
Rheinmetall W & M GmbH
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