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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Malin Lundqvist, Domsjo, SE;
Jan Möller, Domsjo, SE;
Alvis Hagglunds Aktiebolag, Ornskoldsvik, SE;
Abstract
A weapon turret ( ) intended for a military vehicle and equipped with a medium-calibre automatic weapon ( ) and a relatively heavy-calibre weapon ( ), in which the two weapons are, firstly, mounted in a weapon holder fitted in the weapon turret such that they can be jointly pivoted about a common horizontal pivot axis ( ) and, secondly, can be pivoted jointly with the turret about a vertical centre axis ( ) of the same, the heavy-calibre weapon ( ) being mounted next to and parallel with the automatic weapon ( ) and close up to this. At least one ammunition magazine ( ) in the weapon turret ( ) is provided with at least one guide duct ( ) for guiding an ammunition belt from the magazine to the automatic weapon ( ). The automatic weapon ( ) is mounted in the weapon holder such that the longitudinal axis of the barrel ( ) of the automatic weapon extends through the common horizontal pivot axis ( ) and through the vertical centre axis ( ) of the weapon turret.