GUN MOUNT Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: military equipment, in particular, construction of gun mounts of fighting vehicles of light-weight category of land forces (infantry carriers, airborne combat vehicles, armored personnel carriers, tanks, as well as of sea- based and river-based objects (ships, boats, etc). SUBSTANCE: the gun mount has an artillery gun and an automatic loading unit that consists of a conveyer with vertically installed sleeves with shots and a mechanism for shot guiding to the loading line, which is made in the form of a truss fastened on a frame for turning towards the gun. The truss carries longitudinal spring-loaded arches folding rims and a hook for gripping the sleeves, which provides for turning of the sleeve with the shot together with the truss. The mechanism for shot guiding to the loading line is additionally provided with a lever. One end of the lever in hinge-joined to the hook for gripping the sleeves, and the other - to the eye of the bracket rigidly secured to the frame. The bracket has a former groove which accommodates the lever journal. A spring-loaded rocker is installed on the sleeves, it is engageable with the hook for greeping the sleeves at their inclination. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of operation of the gun mount. 3 dwg