Gun barrel mounting and gun

Abstract

The invention relates to a gun barrel mounting for a gun barrel, comprising a cradle with at least one gun mounting for mounting the gun barrel and a base part that can be connected to the gun barrel.

Claims

1. A gun barrel mounting for a gun barrel, comprising: a cradle including at least one barrel mounting for supporting the gun barrel, and a breech ring connectable to the gun barrel, wherein the cradle and the breech ring are connected to one another in a separable manner by at least one guide radially supporting the breech ring, and wherein the cradle includes a pressing device configured to prestress the breech ring in respect of the at least one guide.

2. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cradle and the breech ring are movably connected in an axial direction by the at least one guide.

3. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide positions the cradle and the breech ring in respect of one another in a radial direction of the barrel mounting.

4. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide is fastened to the cradle and is movable along with said cradle in an axial direction relative to the breech ring or the guide is fastened to the breech end and is movable along with the breech ring in an axial direction relative to the cradle.

5. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide comprises two guide elements and two correspondingly formed recesses for the movable receiving of one side of the guide elements in the cradle or in the breech ring.

6. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 5, wherein the position of the two guide elements is adjustable in an up/down direction.

7. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 6, wherein the position of one of the guide elements is adjustable in a right/left direction, and the other guide element exhibits a clearance in the right/left direction in at least one of the recesses.

8. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide has a guide piece for supporting the breech ring arranged beneath the cradle.

9. The gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pressing device includes a spring-loaded cam.

10. A gun comprising at least one gun barrel mounting as claimed in claim 1, and at least one gun barrel connected to the breech ring.

11. The gun as claimed in claim 10, wherein the guide positions the breech ring and the cradle radially in relation to one another in such a manner that a radial clearance is formed between the gun barrel and a rear barrel mounting.

12. The gun as claimed in claim 11, wherein a radially supporting length of the guide is at least as great as the backwards-moving path of a backwards-moving mass, until a fired projectile has left the gun barrel.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention is to be explained in greater detail below with reference to the drawings with the help of exemplary embodiments.

(2) In the drawings:

(3) FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view as a sectional representation of a gun with a gun barrel mounting according to the invention as an embodiment;

(4) FIG. 2 shows a schematic sectional representation along the cross section A-A in FIG. 1;

(5) FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional representation along the cross section B-B in FIG. 1;

(6) FIG. 4 shows a schematic side view as a sectional representation of a gun with a gun barrel mounting according to the invention as a further embodiment; and

(7) FIG. 5 shows a schematic sectional representation along the cross section C-C in FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(8) FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view as a sectional representation of a gun having a gun barrel mounting according to the invention as an embodiment, wherein the following disclosure relates both to the gun with the gun barrel mounting, and also to the gun barrel mounting per se without the gun. The gun barrel mounting has a cradle 2 and two barrel mountings 5, 6 to support a gun barrel 1. A front barrel mounting 5 is arranged in the front region of the cradle 2, and a rear barrel mounting 6 in a rear region of the cradle 2. In addition, the gun barrel mounting has a breech end 3 which can be connected to the gun barrel 1. The cradle 2 and the breech end 3 are connected to one another in a separable manner by at least one guide 8.1, 8.2 radially supporting the breech end 3. Furthermore, the cradle 2 and the breech end 3 are movably connected by the at least one guide 8.1, 8.2 in an axial direction A.

(9) The guide 8.1, 8.2 positions the cradle 2 and the breech end 3 radially in relation to one another in a radial direction of the rear barrel mounting 6, which may also be a radial direction of the gun barrel 1, in such a manner that a radial clearance 10 is formed between the gun barrel 1 and a rear barrel mounting 6.

(10) The guide 8.1, 8.2 is configured in such a manner that it positions the cradle and the breech end 3 in relation to one another in a radial direction of the rear barrel mounting 6, in particular in an up/down direction. The guide 8.1, 8.2 has at least two holding elements 15.1, 15.2 which engage with two recesses 16.1, 16.2. The part of the holding elements 15.1, 15.2 which engages with the recesses 16.1 and 16.2 forms a radially supporting length 9 of the guide 8.1, 8.2. The radially supporting length 9 of the guide 8.1, 8.2 is at least as large as the backwards-moving path of a backwards-moving mass, until a fired projectile has left the gun barrel 1. The backwards-moving mass at least comprises the gun barrel 1 and the breech end 3.

(11) The holding elements 15.1 and 15.2 are fastened to the cradle 2. For this purpose, notches 14.1, 14.2 are formed in the cradle, in which the holding elements 15.1, 15.2 are fixed. The holding elements 15.1, 15.2 can be moved along with the cradle 2 in the axial direction of the gun barrel 1 relative to the breech end 3. For this purpose, the recesses 16.1, 16.2 are formed in the breech end 3.

(12) FIG. 2 shows a schematic sectional representation along the cross section A-A in FIG. 1. The cross section A-A runs through the cradle 2 in the region of the rear barrel mounting 6. The rear barrel mounting 6 is arranged within the cradle 2. A clearance 10 is formed between the gun barrel 1 and the rear barrel mounting 6. Within the gun barrel 1 along the cross section A-A, a chamber 7 of the gun barrel 1 that can be closed by a breech wedge 4 is formed. In order to fix the two holding elements 15.1, 15.2, two correspondingly shaped notches 14.1, 14.2 are formed in the cradle 2.

(13) FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional representation along the cross section B-B in FIG. 1. The cross section runs through the breech end 3 in the region of the guides 8.1, 8.2. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the weapon barrel 1 is fixed in the breech end 3. Recesses 16.1, 16.2 are formed within the breech end 3. The recesses 16.1, 16.2 are used for the movable receiving of the holding elements 15.1, 15.2. The position of the two holding elements 15.1, 15.2 can be adjusted in an up/down direction. The position of one holding element 15.2 can be adjusted in a left/right direction and the other holding element 15.1 has a clearance 11 in the right/left direction in at least one of the recesses 16.1. The directions are identified by corresponding direction arrows in the figures.

(14) FIG. 4 shows a schematic side view as a sectional representation of a gun barrel mounting according to the invention as a further embodiment. The embodiment is based on the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 3, wherein the differences in embodiments are set out below. The guide 8.3 is configured in accordance with the embodiment depicted in FIG. 4 as a guide piece 12 arranged below the cradle 2 for supporting the breech end 3. The guide piece 12 is configured along the axial length of the cradle 2. In addition, a pressing device 13 is configured which comprises a spring-loaded cam which prestresses the breech end 3 in respect of the guide 8.1, 8.2, 8.3. The guide piece 12 and the pressing device 13 position the cradle 2 and the breech end 3 radially to one another, in such a manner that a radial clearance 10 is formed between the gun barrel 1 and the rear barrel mounting 6.

(15) The guide 8.3 is configured in such a manner that the breech end 3, along with the gun barrel 1, is movable in an axial direction A relative to the cradle 2. The guide piece 12 forms a radially supporting length of the guide 8.3 which is at least as great as the backwards-moving path 9 of the backwards-moving mass, until a fired projectile has left the gun barrel 1.

(16) FIG. 5 shows a schematic sectional depiction along the cross section C-C in FIG. 4. The cross section runs through the breech end 3 in the region of the guide piece 12. As can be seen from FIG. 5, the gun barrel 1 is fixed in the breech end 3. A groove 17 is formed within the breech end 3 which corresponds to the shape of the guide piece 12. The groove 17 is used for the movable receiving of the guide piece 12.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

(17) 1 gun barrel 2 cradle 3 breech end 4 breech wedge 5 front barrel mounting 6 rear barrel mounting 7 chamber 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 guide 9 radially supporting length 10 radial clearance 11 clearance in right/left direction 12 guide piece 13 pressing device 14.1, 14.2 notches 15.1, 15.2 guide elements 16.1, 16.2 recesses 17 groove