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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1987
Theodore A Jackson, Utica, MI (US);
Cadillac Gage Textron Inc., Warren, MI (US);
Abstract
As applied to mounting a mortar in a combat vehicle, the mounting structure includes a weapon carriage supported on a support frame having one end hingedly mounted to the vehicle floor and another end releasably latched to cross-pins on the vehicle floor. The support frame includes a central pivot shaft and a peripheral roller track while the carriage includes a hollow hub receiving the pivot shaft and retractable spring biased ball rollers in rolling engagement on the track during rotation of the carriage for weapon repositioning. A spur gear is carried on the carriage and rotated by a hand crank and meshes with a stationary gear on the support frame to rotate the carriage about the pivot shaft. A clamping collar is provided on the pivot shaft to engage and force the carriage against the support frame with the ball rollers retracted to releasably lock the position of the weapon. The mortar mount is advantageous for its capability to absorb a greater portion of the mortar recoil energy, lessening the portion required to be absorbed by the vehicle suspension system.