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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Anke Hasenkox, Viersen, DE;
Norbert Kohnen, Viersen, DE;
Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, Unterluss, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a weapon (), constructed relatively simply and compactly, for shooting ammunition (), with a barrel () with recoil and a braking device () damping the barrel recoil. According to the invention, a plastically deformable absorption body () is used as the braking device () for reducing the recoil energy. Thus, a weapon assembly for firing ammunition is provided, wherein the weapon assembly includes: (a) a weapon including a weapon barrel provided with a recoil spring that holds the weapon barrel in an initial position; and (b) a braking device that damps barrel recoil of the weapon barrel when firing ammunition, wherein the braking device is a plastically deformable absorption body.