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GB2313178B - Improvements in or relating to field howitzers - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to field howitzers

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Publication number
GB2313178B
GB2313178B GB9012669A GB9012669A GB2313178B GB 2313178 B GB2313178 B GB 2313178B GB 9012669 A GB9012669 A GB 9012669A GB 9012669 A GB9012669 A GB 9012669A GB 2313178 B GB2313178 B GB 2313178B
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Prior art keywords
relating
field howitzers
howitzers
field
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
GB9012669A
Other versions
GB2313178A (en
Inventor
Harold Leslie Searle
David Andrew Eaglestone
James Bone
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
BAE Systems Marine Ltd
Original Assignee
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from GBGB8829192.7A external-priority patent/GB8829192D0/en
Application filed by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd filed Critical Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
Priority to GB9225253A priority Critical patent/GB2313435B/en
Priority to GB9225252A priority patent/GB2313179B/en
Priority to GB9012669A priority patent/GB2313178B/en
Priority to GB9225254A priority patent/GB2313180B/en
Priority claimed from GB9225253A external-priority patent/GB2313435B/en
Publication of GB2313178A publication Critical patent/GB2313178A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2313178B publication Critical patent/GB2313178B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/28—Electrically-operated systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
    • F41A23/28—Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings
    • F41A23/30—Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings the wheels being liftable from the ground for firing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A25/00—Gun mountings permitting recoil or return to battery, e.g. gun cradles; Barrel buffers or brakes
    • F41A25/16—Hybrid systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
    • F41A27/08—Bearings, e.g. trunnions; Brakes or blocking arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/06—Mechanical systems
    • F41A27/24—Elevating gear
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/30—Stabilisation or compensation systems, e.g. compensating for barrel weight or wind force on the barrel

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Emergency Lowering Means (AREA)
GB9012669A 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers Expired - Lifetime GB2313178B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9225253A GB2313435B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9225252A GB2313179B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9012669A GB2313178B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9225254A GB2313180B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB8829192.7A GB8829192D0 (en) 1988-12-14 1988-12-14 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9225253A GB2313435B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9225252A GB2313179B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9012669A GB2313178B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers
GB9225254A GB2313180B (en) 1988-12-14 1989-11-22 Improvements in or relating to field howitzers

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB2313178A GB2313178A (en) 1997-11-19
GB2313178B true GB2313178B (en) 1998-02-18

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GB0724687D0 (en) 2007-12-18 2009-04-08 Bae Systems Plc Field Gun Tow
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Citations (19)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB157092A (en) * 1921-01-08 1921-04-21 Krupp Ag Improvements in and relating to platform guns
GB283245A (en) * 1926-08-31 1928-01-02 Vickers Ltd Improvements in or relating to gun mountings and travelling carriages therefor
GB458499A (en) * 1935-03-18 1935-09-21 Wilhelm Leopold Schmidt Universal gun carriage
GB820073A (en) * 1956-06-19 1959-09-16 Energa Artillery equipment
GB1011379A (en) * 1963-07-22 1965-11-24 Brevets Aero Mecaniques Improvements in gun mounts
GB1109011A (en) * 1965-01-19 1968-04-10 Bofors Ab Improvements in or relating to guns
GB1473577A (en) * 1973-05-23 1977-05-18 Bofors Ab Equilibrating and elevating device for a tilting gun
US4038905A (en) * 1976-04-29 1977-08-02 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Compressible fluid recoil system
US4178831A (en) * 1976-07-05 1979-12-18 Ab Bofors Fluid pressure device for supporting and elevating a gun barrel
EP0022335A1 (en) * 1979-06-29 1981-01-14 General Electric Company Recoil energy recovery system, e.g. for ordnance
US4336743A (en) * 1979-01-26 1982-06-29 Heckler & Koch Gmbh Gun mount for light automatic weapons
US4485722A (en) * 1980-04-19 1984-12-04 Rheinmetall Gmbh Recoil brake with hydropneumatic recuperator and forward movement damping
EP0127601A2 (en) * 1983-04-01 1984-12-05 NORICUM MASCHINENBAU UND HANDEL GESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. Mobile gun mount
US4587882A (en) * 1983-07-01 1986-05-13 Rheinmetall Gmbh Pneumatic recuperator mechanism for a gun barrel
US4648306A (en) * 1983-01-22 1987-03-10 Rheinmetall Gmbh Counter recoil mechanism, preferably for an artillery weapon
US4724740A (en) * 1986-05-26 1988-02-16 Esperanza Y Cia, S.A. Recoiling mortar mounted on a revolving platform
GB2198819A (en) * 1985-11-21 1988-06-22 Royal Ordnance Plc Gun systems
GB2198822A (en) * 1985-11-21 1988-06-22 Royal Ordnance Plc Gun systems
GB2198823A (en) * 1985-11-21 1988-06-22 Royal Ordnance Plc Gun systems

Patent Citations (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB157092A (en) * 1921-01-08 1921-04-21 Krupp Ag Improvements in and relating to platform guns
GB283245A (en) * 1926-08-31 1928-01-02 Vickers Ltd Improvements in or relating to gun mountings and travelling carriages therefor
GB458499A (en) * 1935-03-18 1935-09-21 Wilhelm Leopold Schmidt Universal gun carriage
GB820073A (en) * 1956-06-19 1959-09-16 Energa Artillery equipment
GB1011379A (en) * 1963-07-22 1965-11-24 Brevets Aero Mecaniques Improvements in gun mounts
GB1109011A (en) * 1965-01-19 1968-04-10 Bofors Ab Improvements in or relating to guns
GB1473577A (en) * 1973-05-23 1977-05-18 Bofors Ab Equilibrating and elevating device for a tilting gun
US4038905A (en) * 1976-04-29 1977-08-02 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Compressible fluid recoil system
US4178831A (en) * 1976-07-05 1979-12-18 Ab Bofors Fluid pressure device for supporting and elevating a gun barrel
US4336743A (en) * 1979-01-26 1982-06-29 Heckler & Koch Gmbh Gun mount for light automatic weapons
EP0022335A1 (en) * 1979-06-29 1981-01-14 General Electric Company Recoil energy recovery system, e.g. for ordnance
US4485722A (en) * 1980-04-19 1984-12-04 Rheinmetall Gmbh Recoil brake with hydropneumatic recuperator and forward movement damping
US4648306A (en) * 1983-01-22 1987-03-10 Rheinmetall Gmbh Counter recoil mechanism, preferably for an artillery weapon
EP0127601A2 (en) * 1983-04-01 1984-12-05 NORICUM MASCHINENBAU UND HANDEL GESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. Mobile gun mount
US4587882A (en) * 1983-07-01 1986-05-13 Rheinmetall Gmbh Pneumatic recuperator mechanism for a gun barrel
GB2198819A (en) * 1985-11-21 1988-06-22 Royal Ordnance Plc Gun systems
GB2198822A (en) * 1985-11-21 1988-06-22 Royal Ordnance Plc Gun systems
GB2198823A (en) * 1985-11-21 1988-06-22 Royal Ordnance Plc Gun systems
US4724740A (en) * 1986-05-26 1988-02-16 Esperanza Y Cia, S.A. Recoiling mortar mounted on a revolving platform

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Expiry date: 20091121