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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1971
Lutz Schwendt, Vellmar, DE;
Thyssen Industrie Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A triaxially stabilized armored turret for light weapons, and in particular automatic weapons, wherein the cardanic suspension point of the turret is located vertically between the bore axis of the horizontally aligned weapon and the roof of the turret well at a height of 30-70 percent of the vertical distance therebetween whereby the height of the turret may be kept relatively low while still providing a relatively large opening at the bottom. The weapon is preferably mounted within the turret so that it can be elevated, independent of the movement of the turret, about a separate elevation axis, which, when seen in the firing direction, lies in a vertical plane which is in front of the cardanic suspension point at a horizontal distance such that the recoil moment of the weapon at both its highest and lowest elevations is approximately the same. The seats for the gun crew, and if necessary an additional auxiliary weapon and its ammunition, are disposed to the rear of the turret so as to provide compensation for the weight of the primary weapon and any required reinforced armor on the front of the turret so that the center of gravity of the entire turret moves horizontally over a range which is symmetrically disposed with respect to the cardanic suspension point as the weight of the turret changes between its fully loaded or armed state and its empty state.