Wegmann & Co. Gmbh

Firma Wegmann & Co. Gmbh

Reiner Linge

Uwe Sprafke

Heinz-Jurgen Schlomer

Rudiger Baus

A combat vehicle with a driver's cab mounted on its chassis along with a weapon incorporating a rocket launcher, wherein the rocket launcher rests on a carriage and is elevated and leveled by electrically powered mechanisms between it and the carriage, and the carriage pivots in azimuth on an intermediate structure that rotates on a collar on the chassis. The weapon is an independent assembly incorporating the rocket launcher, the carriage, the intermediate structure, and the collar and is attached to the chassis only by a mount, and by electrical connections if any, accessible from outside the vehicle. To load the motor vehicle onto aircraft, the rocket launcher is rotated at elevation 0.degree. into a position 90.degree. to the length of the vehicle. A carrier that travels on at least three wheel-mounted upright rack-and-pinion mechanisms is advanced over the vehicle to above the weapon, the weapon is attached to the carrier, the weapon is detached from the chassis by releasing the mount and by disconnecting any electrical connections, the rack-and-pinion mechanisms lift the weapon, the chassis is removed, the rack-and-pinion mechanisms lower the weapon to carrying height, the weapon is carried onto the aircraft by the carrier, and the chassis is loaded onto another aircraft.

Combat vehicle and system for transporting it for loading onto aircraft

In ammunition-stowage systems in which the shells are stored in storage tubes, the shells are to be prevented from being able to slide out of the storage tubes when severely shaken while on the other hand being easy to grasp for removal and withdrawal from the tubes. A securing and ejector device is positioned at every storage tube for this purpose. The device contains one stop each, which rests on the front of the rim of the shell and is subjected to spring force in such a way that the springs are compressed when the shell is inserted. A hook that can be shifted transversely against the force of a spring engages behind the rear of the base of the shell when a shell has been inserted. To remove a shell, the hook is shifted transversely until it releases the base of the shell, upon which the stop, which is subject to the force of a spring, thrusts the shell out at least as far as the length of the spring allows.

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Kassel, Germany

Reiner Linge