Ordnance – Loading – Rammers
Patent
1996-08-23
1997-10-14
Eldred, J. Woodrow
Ordnance
Loading
Rammers
89 3705, F41A 900
Patent
active
056775075
ABSTRACT:
A mortar includes a weapon tube; a breech ring affixed to a rear part of the weapon tube; a loading tray supported by the weapon tube and extending rearwardly of the breech ring for receiving a mortar grenade prior to an introduction thereof into the weapon tube; and a breechblock plug movable along the loading tray for pushing a mortar grenade from the loading tray into the weapon tube. The breechblock plug has first and second positions: in the first position the breechblock plug is situated at a rear part of the loading tray and in the second position the breechblock plug is situated in the weapon tube. Further, a firing pin is provided which traverses the breechblock plug. The breechblock plug is secured in its second position by a locking mechanism.
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patent: 4753156 (1988-06-01), Winkler et al.
Becker Wilfried
Bornefeld Klaus
Desgranges Hans-Ulrich
Eldred J. Woodrow
Rheinmetall Industrie GmbH
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