TANK WEAPON SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC F41A23/34 F41H7/02 

FIELD: weapons.

SUBSTANCE: weapon system for armoured vehicles. The basis of the tank's armament is a stabilized cannon mounted on axles in the turret of the armoured vehicle. Above the gun, parallel to the bore, there is a platform on two cylindrical hinges, one hinge attached to the surface of the turret, and the other to a rod, which is hinged to the tipping part of the gun. The axes of the cylindrical hinges and the axes of the gun trunnions are parallel to each other and form a parallelogram in the vertical plane, two sides of which are parallel to the bore of the tank gun. The platform is hinged to the tank turret and is hung and adjusted together with the gun according to the static moment of imbalance. A small-calibre gun with an electric trigger is attached to the platform, the control panel of which is located in the tank's turret. The barrel channels of a tank gun and a small-calibre gun are parallel. The gun with the attached platform and weapon is adjusted and provides the moment of unbalance of the gun. The crew detects the target and aims the small-calibre gun mounted on the platform using the tank's control system.

EFFECT: increased striking power of an individual tank and tanks operating as part of a platoon.

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