Patent · US Expired

Shoulder arm

US4523509A · kind A · utility

26Cited by

8References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

HECKLER & KOCH GmbH · DE

Inventors

Paul Thevis · Obermoschel, DE
Helmut Danner · Sulz am Neckar, DE
Erich Weisser · Tennenbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 1982
Grant date	Jun 18, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A19/03
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatic shoulder arm, such as a machine gun, which can be changed over to semi-automatic fire, burst and automatic fire. In order to reduce the ammunition consumption in the automatic fire mode and to increase the hit rate, the weapon is provided with a mechanism regulating the cyclic rate of fire (27, 21 to 25) which reduces the cyclic rate of fire in the automatic fire position by means of a deceleration member (27) releasing the next shot. A hammer (14) acting upon a firing pin (10) when a shot is released is preferably releasable by deceleration member (27), which hammer is provided with an additional detent (24) being effective in the automatic fire position and disengageable by deceleration member (27) via a deceleration release lever (21). (FIG. 2a).

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