ARTILLERY GUN (MODIFICATIONS) Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, recoil mechanisms of artillery guns. SUBSTANCE: the non-recoil part is connected to the top carriage through a flexible coupling, and a means of orientation of the flexible coupling outgoing from the non-recoil part in the direction of relative displacement of the recoil and non-recoil parts at different angles of cradle elevation is installed on the cradle. The second modification of the invention differs from the first one by the fact that its non-recoil part through a flexible coupling is connected to the means for orientation outgoing from the non-recoil part of the flexible coupling. The mentioned means of orientation is installed on the top carriage, and its working surface is directed in the are of a circle with the center coinciding with the axis of turn of the cradle. EFFECT: reduced speed of counterrecoil of the recoil parts of the gun at a decrease of the angle of elevation of its barrel. 3 cl, 4 dwg