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Title:
CONFIGURABLE WEAPON STATION HAVING UNDER ARMOR RELOAD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/060719
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A vehicle-mounted weapon station is configurable to adjust the height of a rotational elevation axis thereof. The weapon station is provided with at least one fixed hanging ammunition container that is reloadable under the armored protection of the vehicle and the weapon station shell. The weapon station may have both electrically-powered and manually-powered drive systems for rotating a pedestal about an azimuth axis relative to the vehicle, and for rotating weaponry and operational units about the elevation axis, wherein the electrical and manual drive systems transmit power through the same output gear.

Inventors:
LUNG KEVIN (US)
MARTINEZ MATTHEW (US)
MUELLER FRANK (US)
RHODES DAVID (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/041084
Publication Date:
August 04, 2016
Filing Date:
July 20, 2015
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MOOG INC (US)
International Classes:
F41A9/38; B64D7/02; F41A23/06; F41A23/12; F41A23/34; F41A25/00
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Other References:
See also references of EP 3172522A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SNYDER, George L., Jr. (The Guaranty Building140 Pearl Street, Suite 10, Buffalo NY, US)
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