Method and apparatus for controlling and utilizing recoil

Details Method and apparatus for controlling and utilizing recoil Method and apparatus for controlling and utilizing recoil

1977-02-04

1978-05-09

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Mounts

With recoil check

89 42B, F41F 1914

Patent

active

040880591

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for controlling the runout and initial recoil velocity of an artillery piece is disclosed in which variables of barrel elevation and the impulse delivered by a round of ammunition are hydraulically sensed as pressures trapped in actuators which control the flow of fluid to the recoil cylinders of the artillery piece. The system provides for a predetermined constant deceleration of the recoiling barrel assembly regardless of the type or power of the round utilized. When a constant predetermined deceleration is provided, the recoil velocity is uniquely determined and an automatic system is provided for assuring that the loading of the artillery piece always takes place at the same instant of time and that the barrel assembly will have decelerated sufficiently to prevent damage to the snubbing apparatus carried by the artillery piece.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3566740 (1971-03-01), Williams et al.
Gilbert J. Melow, Jr., Ordnance, "New Trends in Artillery", vol. LIII, No. 291, Nov.-Dec., 1968, pp. 282-285.

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