Bae Systems Hagglunds Aktiebolag

Rikard Sundquist

The present invention relates to a military vehicle (V). Said military vehicle comprises an aiming device (D) and an aiming operation arrangement (A) for a vehicle operator (O) to operate the aiming device (D). Said aiming operation arrangement (A) comprises a support device () for providing support for the operator (O) when operating the aiming device (D). The support device () comprises one or more fixation devices (A,B,C,D) operable between a non-fixated state and fixated state, said one or more fixation devices (A,B,C,D) being configured to, in the fixated state, provide fixation of one or more body parts of the vehicle operator (O) so as to reduce influence of vehicle movement during aiming operation.

Military vehicle comprising an aiming device and an aiming operation arrangement for a vehicle operator

The present invention relates to an arrangement (A) for balancing a gun barrel () of a vehicle mounted weapon system (C). The weapon system comprises the gun barrel () mounted to a turret () via a weapon cradle (). The weapon cradle () is arranged to allow elevation movement of the gun barrel () about an elevation axis (Z). Said arrangement (A) comprises a suspension system (S) configured to provide a torque opposing imbalance of the gun barrel (). The arrangement further comprises an adjustment device () for automatically adjusting the torque provided by the suspension system (S) based on imbalance of the gun barrel () so as to dynamically counteract imbalance of the gun barrel (). The invention also relates to a vehicle with an arrangement according to the present invention.

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Arnäsvall, Sweden

Rikard Sundquist