STAROVEROV - I MORTAR Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC F41F1/06 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: mortar has the barrel mounted in the middle part on the tripod with the horizontal transverse hinge, and the axis of said hinge is coupled with the ball abutment by the post. The ball abutment and the rear barrel end have mutually contacting bearing surfaces. The contacting bearing surfaces are arranged transverse to the barrel plane at an angle smaller than the self-locking angle, and the barrel in its middle part has two plates with longitudinal grooves into which the hinge axis enters, or in which the hinge axis enters in the sliding slider.

EFFECT: increasing the initial speed of a mine and the convenience of loading a mortar.

5 cl, 3 dwg