Patent · US Expired

Weapon throughbearing through an armored turret, especially on a military tank

US5105716A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Wegmann & Co. GmbH · DE

Inventors

Reinhard Hahn · Vilsheim, DE
Uwe Sprafke · Kassel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 1990
Grant date	Apr 21, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 6, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A27/10
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapon throughbearing through an armored turret, especially on a military tank, accommodating a heavy weapon that can be elevated and has a barrel mounted in a cradle and extending out through an opening in the turret that is protected by a shield. The shield consists of at least two components positioned adjacently along the axis of the weapon's barrel and in the opening in the housing, with one component secured stationary to the weapon and at least one other secured stationary to the turret.

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