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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mauser-Werke Oberndorf GmbH, Oberndorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89141 ;
Abstract
To permit single firing in a machine gun by a mechanical method, a trip lever is moved by a control surface attached to the weapon housing during the weapon recoil after triggering a shot. This motion causes the trip lever to disengage a coupling on the crankshaft. Because of this, the trigger plate can return to its starting position by means of spring force, independently of the position of the cocking lever. The recoil breech can then be caught by the trigger in the weapon housing. If the cocking lever is moved back, it again couples because of the spring.