Ordnance – Mounts – Aircraft type
Patent
1994-03-16
1995-05-23
Johnson, Stephen M.
Ordnance
Mounts
Aircraft type
89 3716, F41A 2302
Patent
active
054171415
ABSTRACT:
An aircraft armament mounting system includes an elongated support plank member which is insertable transversely through the aircraft cabin area so that a central portion of the plank is disposed within the cabin area and its opposite end portions project outwardly from the aircraft. The central plank portion is anchored to the air craft, and removable outer tip portions of the plank are vertically pivotable, about horizontal hinge lines, between extended and inwardly folded positions. When the outer plank tip portions are removed, specially designed mounting structures may be used to mount armament devices, such as machine guns, at the hinge lines at the outer ends of the remaining longitudinal plank portion. Representatively, these armament devices are .50 caliber machine guns housed in open framed pod structures having enclosed front end portions through which the jacketed barrels of the guns extend. Secured to these front end portions, and communicating with their interiors, are slotted blast suppressor tubes that receive the gun barrels and serve to shield the sides of the aircraft from the firing blasts of the guns, and to reduce the firing blast light transmitted into the aircraft cabin area.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2331033 (1943-10-01), LaPorte
patent: 2559727 (1951-07-01), Meyer
patent: 4121496 (1978-10-01), Clayson
patent: 5187318 (1993-02-01), Sanderson et al.
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