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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1985
Diehl GmbH & Co., Nuremberg, DE;
Abstract
A pivoting or swivable projectile or shell loading chamber for high angle-firing weapons, especially for mortars, which is constructed so as to be barrel-shaped at its lower end and which support itself on the base plate of the mortar, and which can be swung with its upper end outwardly of a position extending coaxially with the weapon firing tube. The upper separating location between the firing tube and the pivoting projectile loading chamber is sealed through a gas pressure-controlled sealing ring. A locking lever is arranged in the upper region of the pivoting projectile loading chamber, which is in operative connection with locking components on the framework of the mortar and with trigger parts of the mortar, and wherein the opening angle of the pivoting projectile loading chamber is restricted by a stop.