Carrier vehicle for a tube weapon

US6000313A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall Industrie AG · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Becker · Düsseldorf, DE
• Hans-Ulrich Desgranges · Celle, DE
• Uwe Eisenkolb · Lüneburg, DE
• Heinz Haas · Regensburg, DE
• Udo Weinfurth · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 14, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A23/34
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A carrier vehicle (1) for a tube weapon (2) having a resiliently arranged undercarriage (3) and a support arrangement (5) which in the combat-ready position is arranged between the vehicle (1) and the ground (4), with the support arrangement comprising at least one support (6). To avoid manual readjustment of the support arrangements (5), even when firing from a position with a soft underground, the supports (6), which are disposed at the tail of the vehicle (1), are arranged so as to be slidable in the direction of their longitudinal axes (7) via a positioning motor (15). The positioning motor (15) is connected to an electronic control device (16) which actuates the positioning motor (15) in a manner such that the support (6) is pressed against the ground (4) with a definable force before a shot is fired and compensation is provided for the gap (18) which occurs between the support (6) and the ground (4) after a shot has been fired because of the resilient yielding and rebounding of the undercarriage (3).