Weapon arrangement

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1986-04-18

1988-07-26

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Breech closures

Transverse

89 3613, 89 46, F41H 706

Patent

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047592540

ABSTRACT:
A weapon arrangement for a gun barrel adapted to fire a projectile the propellant charge of which is loaded separately from the projectile in to the loading chamber of the gun barrel. Such projectiles have a long range and can be fired at a rapid firing sequence. The wedge breech block is slidably movable mounted in a mating slit of the bottom member at an angle of about 65.degree. with respect to the vertical plane. The mating slit is open towards the rear. A loading tray is pivotally mounted on an extension of the cradle which extends parallel to the gun barrel axis. The loading tray pivots laterally from an inoperative position to a loading position in which it is in alignment with the gun barrel axis so that a projectile from an ammunition magazine can be fed via two ammunition feed chains to the loading tray. A transfer arm is pivotally mounted about the trunion axis of the gun barrel and serves to transfer the projectile from the feed chains to the loading tray.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1602568 (1926-10-01), Conlon
patent: 2365459 (1944-12-01), Dobremysl
patent: 2538045 (1951-01-01), Ryan et al.
patent: 3136212 (1964-06-01), Girovard et al.
patent: 3724324 (1973-04-01), Zielinski
Naval Ordnance, 1939, p. 174, chapter VIII, plate IV.

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