Ammunition stowage compartment, particularly in battle tank turrets

US4864913A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Peter Grunewald · Bocholt, DE
• Uwe Sprafke · Kassel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 1976
• Grant date: Sep 12, 1989
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B39/20
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An ammunition bunker for the main battletank turrets which is arranged behind the tank turret and whose walls are designed by predetermined break lines such that, in the event of an explosion of ammunition in the bunker, its outside walls are hurled off the sides of the tank thereby protecting the crew of the tank.