Patent · US Expired

Armor car-mounted mortar

US4489639A · kind A · utility

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6References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gert Winkler · Meerbusch, DE
Wilfried Becker · Düsseldorf, DE
Erich Zielinski · Haan, DE
Herbert Lipp · Remchingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 1982
Grant date	Dec 25, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A23/34
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A muzzle loading mortar constructed for mounting on a protected enclosure, for example, an armored vehicle. The mortar includes a mortar tube having an open end for receiving and discharging a projectile, and mounting means, including a tube cradle connected with a recoil-return means, are provided for mounting the tube on the enclosure. The recoil-return means includes a hydraulic member which cooperates with a spring for reducing the forces introduced into the enclosure during development of a shot from the mortar. A loading means is mounted for relative movement between the open end of the tube and the protected enclosure for muzzle loading the open end of the tube with a projectile. The loading means can be operated from within the protected enclosure to load a projectile into the mortar tube.

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