Weapon with a barrel cluster

US10254079B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Hubert Schneider · Rottweil, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41F1/08
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapon having a barrel cluster, having at least one, preferably multiple, weapon barrel(s) and having a bolt, and only one of the weapon barrels is oriented in alignment with the single bolt and interacts therewith for the purposes of firing. The barrel cluster has a front, muzzle-side barrel holder and has a rear, bolt-side barrel holder, and has, in a partial region, a control body with a control cam which is incorporated on the circumference. By way of said control cam, the barrel cluster can be adjusted as a whole and independently of the firing of the weapon. The control body is preferably electronically rotated, for which purpose a pin of the actuator engages into the control cam of the control body.