WAY TO REMOVE POWDER GASES FROM COMBAT COMPARTMENT WHILE ARTILLERY GUN FIRES AND DEVICE FOR ITS REALIZATION Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, self-propelled artillery mounts, tanks, infantry combat vehicles, shipboard artillery installations. SUBSTANCE: characteristic feature of invention lies in that recoiled parts of gun together with empty case are set in rear position on sear after shot. Gun is turned through angle of throw of case, hatch in turret of combat compartment is open. Mobile parts of gun are removed from sear and empty case is extracted beyond limits of combat compartment with counterrecoil of mobile parts. Gas flow in this case entrained by empty case is directed into hatch. Gun is transferred through loading angle and hatch is closed. Mechanism for removal of powder gases from gun barrel comes in the form of enclosure mounted on top of turret of combat compartment for entry of breech end of gun inside enclosure when angle of throw of case is achieved. EFFECT: reduced content of gases in combat compartment when artillery gun fires and provision for autonomous ejection of empty case beyond limits of turret of combat compartment with use of energy of recoiled parts of gun. 2 cl, 2 dwg