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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Paolo Arrighi, La Spezia, IT;
Paolo Arrighi, La Spezia, IT;
OTO Melara S.p.A., La Spezia (SP), IT;
Abstract
A protected embrasure () includes a firearm () having a barrel or cradle (). The protected embrasure () has a body () and zenithal angle device or elevation angle device () of the firearm (), which cause the firearm () to rotate around a rotation axis X, which is orthogonal to a firearm axis Y, which is defined by the length of the barrel or cradle (). The elevation angle device () causes the firearm () to rotate by an elevation angle φ with respect to a horizontal direction. The embrasure includes a pair of protection plates () mounted above the firearm (); and a third protection plate () mounted under the firearm (). The plates are oriented with respective faces lying on a plane having an axis that is parallel to the rotation axis X and orthogonal to the firearm axis Y.