Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-buhrle Ag

Schweizerische Eidenossenschaft Eidgenossische . . .

Kurt Schaffner

Bruno Ruppen

Conrad Hottinger

A guiding tube is mounted on the buffer cylinder at the rear end of an automatic firearm. On this guiding tube, a safety ring is fitted in non-rotatable but axially displaceable manner. In a forward operating position the safety ring prevents depressing the trigger, and thus, any firing. In a backward operating position of the safety ring the trigger may be freely actuated. This safety arrangement is simple in design and operation, and it may easily be mounted on existing weapons.

Trigger safety for a firearm

A weapon system containing a gun mount upon which there is mounted to be pivotable about an elevation alignment axis an automatic firing weapon or gun containing an ammunition container or magazine. A reloading container having an ammunition outlet opening is arranged at the gun mount. There is provided a conveyor device, by means of which sets of cartridges located in the reloading container can be brought to the outlet opening from which location these cartridges can be refilled into the ammunition container. The reloading container is displaceably arranged at the gun mount and its outlet opening can be brought into alignment with an inlet opening of the ammunition container which has been pivoted into an ammunition loading position. The conveyor device comprises transport elements which can be moved together with the sets of cartridges out of the reloading container into the ammunition container.

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Worblaufen, Switzerland

Kurt Schaffner