REVOLVER MORTAR Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC F41F1/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: revolver mortar consists of a barrel, a two-legged carriage with a sight, a support plate fixed on the barrel by means of a shaft clamp, on which a drum is placed. Drum contains cylinders with opening covers and rods pivotally connected to the covers. Drum is rigidly connected to the shaft and they can rotate around the longitudinal axis. Disc with a groove, a bridge and a hole matching the hole of the mortar barrel is rigidly placed on the muzzle. Disc has guides with a plug. Inside the cylinders there are mortar mines, which, when fired, open the cylinder cover and rotate the drum due to the pressure of powder gases.

EFFECT: increased firepower of mortar, increased grouping and accuracy.

1 cl, 3 dwg