DEVICE FOR EJECTION OF AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM CARTRIDGE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC F41A15/18 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: device comprises barrel with breech and gate installed in armoured jacket with opening. Nozzle fixed with clutch to armoured jacket is hingedly installed in armoured jacket opening. Inner guide surface of armoured jacket is arranged to provide for shock-free movement of cartridge. Reflector is installed in breech with the possibility of rotation relative to barrel, and slant is arranged on gate and reflector to provide for directed movement of cartridge into nozzle. Balance weight, inside of which cartridge ejector is installed, is fixed on armoured jacket. Profile of cartridge ejector neck, facing nozzle, is arranged with the provision of unimpeded movement of cartridge case from nozzle into cartridge case ejector. Inner surface of cartridge case ejector is arranged with provision of cartridge trajectory rotation in side direction from air defence system.

EFFECT: higher reliability and safety of air defence system operation by increasing speed of cartridge ejection and eliminating possibility of its ingress into elements of air defence system structure.

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