Weapon system

US11656043B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Mueller · Nagold, DE
• Klaus-Peter Eggert · Zimmern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2022
• Grant date: May 23, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A15/14
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapon system that includes a breechblock, which is formed at least by a breechblock carrier and a breechblock head, the breechblock carrier being designed so as to carry the breechblock head. To achieve the fact that forces acting upon the breechblock drive during the unlocking of the breechblock and the withdrawal of a cartridge casing are minimized or even eliminated, the breechblock head is freely movable relative to the breechblock carrier. To separate the breechblock with a breechblock drive of the weapon system during the recoil of the recoiling masses of the weapon system, a device is designed in such a way that a mechanical separation takes place between the breechblock and the breechblock drive during the recoil of the recoiling masses of the weapon system. During the forward motion of the recoiling masses, the mechanical connection between the breechblock drive and the breechblock is reestablished via the device.