Device for firing practice ammunition

US5463930A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Bisping · Ratingen, DE
• Lothar Post · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1994
• Grant date: Nov 7, 1995
• Expiry date: May 12, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A21/32
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A weapon for firing practice ammunition includes a barrel having a frontal length portion terminating in a muzzle; an ammunition loading chamber at a barrel end opposite the muzzle; and a plurality of first gas outlet bores provided in the frontal length portion. The first gas outlet bores are arranged in a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial rows. There is further provided a muzzle brake sleeve coaxially surrounding the frontal length portion and having a frontal end situated close to the muzzle. The muzzle brake sleeve includes a plurality of second gas outlet bores arranged in a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial rows. The first gas outlet bores are staggered with respect to the second gas outlet bores as viewed along the barrel. The frontal end of the muzzle brake sleeve is closed off by a plug.