Firing turret for a vehicle, and vehicle including such a turret
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1. A 360°
- orientable firing turret for assembly on a mobile platform, said turret comprising a cupola which includes a roof, and a circular opening in one side of said cupola from which a gun barrel extends, a gun barrel cradle for mounting said gun barrel in said cupola and trunnions for supporting said gun barrel cradle and means operative relative to said trunnions for correcting any tilt angle of said trunnions relative to a site wherein the means for correcting the tilt angle of said trunnions comprise;
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Abstract
A firing turret which can be oriented about its axis, permitting flat-trajectory or curved-trajectory firing of artillery projectiles. It includes a disc whose central portion includes an opening in the interior of which the cradle of the weapon can pivot; the disc is free to turn within a circular opening provided in the lateral wall of the turret. A turret of this kind may be used to equip an automotive or trailed vehicle.
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1. A 360°
- orientable firing turret for assembly on a mobile platform, said turret comprising a cupola which includes a roof, and a circular opening in one side of said cupola from which a gun barrel extends, a gun barrel cradle for mounting said gun barrel in said cupola and trunnions for supporting said gun barrel cradle and means operative relative to said trunnions for correcting any tilt angle of said trunnions relative to a site wherein the means for correcting the tilt angle of said trunnions comprise;
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- orientable firing turret for assembly on a mobile platform, said turret comprising a cupola which includes a roof, and a circular opening in one side of said cupola from which a gun barrel extends, a gun barrel cradle for mounting said gun barrel in said cupola and trunnions for supporting said gun barrel cradle and means operative relative to said trunnions for correcting any tilt angle of said trunnions relative to a site wherein the means for correcting the tilt angle of said trunnions comprise;
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2. a disc having a central opening, said barrel cradle being encased in said central opening in said disc.
a ring concentrically disposed in said circular opening provided in said cupola, said disc including a track rotatably mounted in said ring, a toothed sector disposed on said disc, a servo-motor for rotating said disc according to a vertical disposition of said site and a mechanism related to said gun barrel cradle for pivoting said gun barrel cradle in elevation, a sighting device mounted within said cupola on a side wall of said cupola, said sighting device being mechanically coupled to said servo-motor and said sighting device includes an optic input which crosses through an opening provided in said roof of said cupola.
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