TWIN-BARRELED ARTILLERY MOUNT Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment. SUBSTANCE: the twin-barreled artillery mount has guns with revolving blocks of barrels, cradle with a bracket and shields located in the zone of action of powder gases. The muzzle part of each gun has a support, in which the block of barrels revolves. The cradle bracket for each gun carries an angle piece, whose position can be adjusted in the vertical plane. In turn, the angle piece is provided with a clamp, whose position can be adjusted in the horizontal plane. Grooves are made in the clamp in parallel with the direction of gun recoil, they are engageable with the lugs made each support. The shield has the shape of a chute and is installed for adjustment of its position relative to the axis of the shooting barrel. EFFECT: enhanced close grouping of shots. 2 cl, 3 dwg