US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

John K Jorczak

Victor E Nerses

Michael J Audino

Gary Brownell

The invention is a gun mount exerciser to force a cannon through its recoil otion which otherwise occurs only when the cannon is fired. The exerciser includes a frame that rests on the outer casing that is fixed around the cannon. The frame is translated on a stationary member by actuation of a fluidically operated cylinder mounted to the stationary member. The frame is fixed to the outer casing of the gun so that translation of the frame effects translation of the outer casing and the cannon itself.

Gun mount exerciser (GME)

A hydraulic recoil mechanism, which may be used as a shock absorbing device ontrols both the recoil and counter-recoil motion of a cannon. Main recoil energy is dissipated via a movable cylindrical piston rod which pumps hydraulic fluid through a series of orifices into a primary chamber and is subsequently metered through an orifice effected by the traveling piston head and a fixed variable geometry control rod. A buffer spear arrangement integrated at the opposing end of the control rod dissipates final counter-recoil energy via a metering cavity contained in the returning piston. The piston rod assembly carries a ring-like floating piston which, upon recoil, closes a by-pass orifice and, upon counter-recoil, opens the by-pass orifice. A temperature compensator mechanism is also integrated into the system to accommodate thermal expansion of the fluid during sustained operation.

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Castleton, NY, United States of America

John K Jorczak