CONTROL DEVICE OF OPERATION OF RECOIL FORCE SHOCK ABSORBER OF ARTILLERY WEAPON Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC F41A3/78 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: device includes a shock absorber housing, inside which a stock is located, on which an elastic element in the form of spring is arranged between an adjusting washer and a nut. The shock absorber housing is connected to artillery weapon housing by means of a special overlap in the form of a tooth and to a gun carriage by means of a groove that is cut in the stock rear part. In front part of the stock there is a nut that is screwed on the stock till holes on the stock are aligned and fixed with a pin. Preliminary spring preload is provided by selection of the washer thickness. On the gun carriage housing there arranged is a vibration sensor, to which a matching device, a calculator determining vibration parameters in compliance with the sensors data, comparing them to the specified vibration parameters and signalling through an indicator in case vibration level does not correspond to the specified values of vibration parameters, are in-series connected.

EFFECT: improving efficiency of tactical employment of artillery weapon.

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