The present invention relates to an active system configured to apply an active force to a portion of a firearm designed to contact a body of the firearm's operator, to reduce the perceived recoil of the firearm. The active system includes an actuation element capable of generating an active force, and systems for powering and selectively operating the actuation element.

A modular weapon station includes a rotatable frame adapted to be mounted on a platform and is configured to have a removable cradle with a weapon mounted thereon. The rotatable frame may also include a removable ammunition feed chute, an optical sighting unit, and azimuth and elevation drives. The modular weapon station may also include a rotatable drum and ammunition loading assembly coupled with the rotatable frame assembly. The rotatable drum and ammunition loading assembly may be located in an under armor position such that an operator may replenish ammunition from an under armor position and not be subjected to hostile fire while replenishing ammunition. Belted ammunition rounds may travel along an ammunition feed path stemming from the loading assembly within the rotatable drum to a selected weapon.

Disclosed is a quick disassembly recoil group structure for firearms that are used in hunting and defense fields and that have various recoil groups due to its working principle, which enables simple assembly and disassembly of the recoil group using various hand tools in cases where cleaning, maintenance or part replacement is required.

An active soft recoil control system that provides a bi-directional recoil containment and double strike prevention, which improves recoil force management, reduces the potential for short rounds, results in a more compact and lighter weight weapon, and increases the uniform performance of the heavy weapon at temperature extremes and steep cants. Furthermore, the present system provides for a mechanism that enables safer firing pin retraction and reduces the potential for unintentionally striking the primer and initiating the round during misfire operations.

A hand-held gun having a grip part and a breech part movably supported in a longitudinal direction thereon is disclosed. A breech spring arrangement urges breech part in its initial position relative to grip part. For this purpose, breech spring arrangement is supported between the breech part and grip part. Starting from the initial position, breech part can move against the closing force of breech spring arrangement into an abutment position in which it abuts against a buffer body. Starting from the abutment position, breech part can be moved under elastic compression of buffer body in the longitudinal direction into a retracted position. In the movement area between the abutment position and the retracted position, a compression force is applied by the compressed buffer body in addition to the closing force of the breech spring arrangement between the grip part and the breech part.

A hand-held gun having a grip part and a breech part movably supported in a longitudinal direction thereon is disclosed. A breech spring arrangement urges breech part in its initial position relative to grip part. For this purpose, breech spring arrangement is supported between the breech part and grip part. Starting from the initial position, breech part can move against the closing force of breech spring arrangement into an abutment position in which it abuts against a buffer body. Starting from the abutment position, breech part can be moved under elastic compression of buffer body in the longitudinal direction into a retracted position. In the movement area between the abutment position and the retracted position, a compression force is applied by the compressed buffer body in addition to the closing force of the breech spring arrangement between the grip part and the breech part.

A firearm which provides recoil reduction using the kinetic energy of the hammer to cancel a portion of the bolt's recoil after a round has been fired. After the bolt starts to move rearward in response to the detonation, the hammer's forward kinetic energy is transferred onto the bolt by striking it at the moment the bolt starts to travel rearward or after the bolt has started its rearward motion.

The present invention relates to an active system configured to apply an active force to a portion of a firearm designed to contact a body of the firearm's operator, to reduce the perceived recoil of the firearm. The active system includes an actuation element capable of generating an active force, and systems for powering and selectively operating the actuation element.

The present invention relates to an active system configured to apply an active force to a portion of a firearm designed to contact a body of the firearm's operator, to reduce the perceived recoil of the firearm. The active system includes an actuation element capable of generating an active force, and systems for powering and selectively operating the actuation element.