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Combat vehicle having a weapon system

US10948254B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventors

Berthold Baumann · Unterlüß, DE
Andreas Blache · Soest, DE
Stefan Radczinsky · Leipzig, DE
Heiner Schmees · Celle, DE
Florian Schwieger · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41H7/02
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The installation space dimensions of a weapon system in the tower are complied with, and a loading space diameter of a caliber-larger weapon barrel is approximately maintained in relation to the smaller caliber. The required larger loading space volume for the caliber increase is predominantly achieved by an extension of the loading space of the caliber-larger weapon barrel relative to a loading space of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel itself. Since the loading space diameter of a larger caliber remains virtually unchanged, the outer dimensions of the caliber-larger weapon barrel also remain virtually unchanged compared to the outer dimensions of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel in the region of the loading part.

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