Belt-advance mechanism for an automatic gas-loading belt-feed weapon, especially a machine gun
US4273025A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 1979 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A9/49
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A belt-advance system for a belt-fed gas-loading automatic weapon, e.g. a machine gun, revises the usual energy flow path by obtaining at its input side a gas-pressure pulse upon the firing of the weapon and providing an energy-storage unit functionally combined with a cylinder/gas-piston unit for transforming the pneumatic energy into mechanical energy for stepping the belt-advance ratchet pawl.
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