Giat Industries

Etat Francais Represente Par Le Delegue General Pour L'armement

Jean-Francois G Lescure

Marc R Rochelle

Julien Jimenez

Georges H Simon

Stephane Colas

In the field of feeding ammunition to a firearm there is disclosed a flexible chute including successive sections () linked by portions of walls () at the transverse faces thereof and including at least one tubular section () of axis G with a first portion of wall () integral with one of the two transverse faces thereof and a second portion () of wall integral with the other transverse face, characterized in that the projections of these portions of wall, perpendicular to a transverse plane of the section, are at least partially separate.

Flexible chute, in particular for ammunition

A striker device for a firearm of the type having a loading chamber for a munition includes a detonator cap provided with a percussion cap and a translationally movable assembly comprised of a striker equipped with a striker tip and associated with a part or valve in which the striker is axially guided and that is itself guided in axial displacement in a passage of a striker body located to the rear of the loading chamber. The striker and valve are respectively mounted by the front and rear faces of striker body and joined to each other by a removable connector of the bayonet type.

Striker device for a firearm

A mechanism for transmitting torque between a drive shaft and an output shaft including a mechanical control element which causes an angular phase offset between the shafts. The mechanism includes a coupling element joining the shafts together. The coupling element includes a member capable of angular travel relative to a first of the shafts which, when mechanically controlled, provides the angular phase offset and control of the travel causing mutual drive of the shafts.

Mechanically controlled torque transmission mechanism and weapon

An automatic gun for firing telescoped cylindrical ammunition, the gun comprising a sleeve for supporting a barrel, a breech, and a rear box which are all rigidly connected together by beams, the gun including a chamber disposed between the breech and the barrel and mounted to swing by pivoting about an eccentric shaft, and further including means carried by the breech and the rear box to feed ammunition to the chamber.

Automatic gun with a swinging chamber for firing telescoped cylindrical

Control and safety device for an externally powered automatic weapon include at least one rotor driven by a motor and have a stop cooperating with a locking part. The device has both a detent lever to control firing and a second lever subjected to the action of a rotating finger driven by the recoil of the weapon. The detent lever and the second lever are connected to the locking part by a system of slides and links which automatically stop the rotor by way of the locking part if ammunition should malfunction.

Control and safety device for an externally powered automatic weapon

The invention relates to a safety device, for an automatic weapon with 'floating' firing, including a rotating drum (2) driven by an external motor for driving a breech with a reciprocating motion. The safety device includes locking devices (14) for the rotating of the drum in each cycle, and control devices for retracting the locking devices when the weapon recoils, the control devices being fitted to act on the locking devices for a predetermined recoil travel distance, independently of the weapon recoil starting position.

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Bourges, France

Jean-Francois G Lescure