Training cartridge

• US 4,620,485 A
• Filed: 11/02/1984
• Issued: 11/04/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mauser-Werke Oberndorf GmbH Teckstr 11 7238 Oberndorf BRD
• Original Assignee: Mauser-Werke Oberndorf GmbH
• Inventors: Bertiller, Roland
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Peter A.
• Application Number:
  US06/667,546
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 102/444, 102/446, 102/447, 102/204, 102/430, 102/221, 102/235
• US Class Current: 102/444
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 8/10 with sub-calibre adaptor

Abstract

An adaptation cartridge comprises a firing pin casing which is screwed into a cartridge chamber or cartridge chamber tube and is secured against rotation by a radially displaceable slide. The cartridge is used for training on a gun having a subcaliber barrel adapter.

Claims

1. An adaptation cartridge for firing subcaliber ammunition from a gun having a breech mechanism for receiving the adaptation cartridge and and adapted barrel for receiving a projectile of the subcaliber ammunition, comprising:

a cartridge chamber for receiving the subcaliber ammunition and for being centrally engaged against the breech mechanism;

a firing pin casing centrally engaged in said cartridge chamber from an end of said cartridge chamber adapted to face the breech mechanism, said firing pin casing having a firing pin bore;

a firing pin movable in said firing pin bore for firing the subcaliber ammunition received in said cartridge chamber;

first safety means connected between said firing pin casing and said cartridge chamber for preventing relative axial and relative radial movement therebetween; and

second safety means connected in said firing pin casing for blocking movement of said firing pin into a position to ignite subcaliber ammunition received in said cartridge chamber.

2. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said cartridge chamber includes a cartridge chamber tube for extending toward the breech mechanism, said tube defining a space, said firing pin casing being connected to said tube and disposed in said space, said adaptation cartridge including a jacket surrounding said cartridge chamber and a flange adapted to be disposed adjacent the breech mechanism and connected between said jacket and said tube for holding said tube in an axially fixed position with respect to said jacket.

3. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said first safety means includes a trapezoidal thread defined in said cartridge chamber and a trapezoidal thread defined on said firing pin casing threaded with said trapezoidal thread of said cartridge chamber for holding said casing at an axially fixed location with respect to said chamber.

4. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 2, wherein said first safety means includes a trapezoidal thread defined in said cartridge chamber tube and a trapezoidal thread defined on said firing pin casing threaded with said trapezoidal thread of said cartridge chamber tube for holding said casing at an axially fixed location with respect to said tube.

5. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said firing pin casing has a breech side end wall, said first safety means including a first off-center blind-bore extending axially into said casing from said end wall, a joint displaceable in said blind-bore, a slide radially movable in said casing and engaged with said joint for radial movement with axial movement of said joint, said cartridge casing including a safety slit, said slide being movable into said safety slit for preventing relative rotation between said cartridge and said casing, and movable out of said slit with axial movement of said joint for permitting relative rotation between said chamber and casing, and a spring engaged against said slide for biasing said slide into said safety slit.

6. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 2, wherein said firing pin casing has a breech side end wall, said first safety means including a first off-center blind-bore extending axially into said casing from said end wall, a joint displaceable in said blind-bore, a slide radially movable in said casing and engaged with said joint for radial movement with axial movement of said joint, said cartridge casing tube including a safety slit, said slide being movable into said safety slit for preventing relative rotation between said cartridge and said casing, and movable out of said slit with axial movement of said joint for permitting relative rotation between said chamber and casing, and a spring engaged against said slide for biasing said slide into said safety slit.

7. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 5 wherein said first safety means further includes a bolt connected to said joint, said slide having a cross slot therein inclined with respect to an axis of said casing, said bolt disposed in said slot for moving said slide radially with axial movement of said joint.

8. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 6, wherein said first safety means further includes a bolt connected to said joint, said slide having a cross slot therein inclined with respect to an axis of said casing, said bolt disposed in said slot for moving said slide radially with axial movement of said joint.

9. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said firing pin casing includes a breech side end wall, said second safety means including a second off-center blind-bore extending axially into said casing from said end wall, a joint axially movable in said blind bore, a slide radially movable in said firing pin casing and engaged with said joint for radial movement with axial movement of said joint, and a spring biasing said slide into a radial position blocking movement of said firing pin, said firing pin bore communicating with an opening containing said slide.

10. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 7, wherein said second safety means comprises a second off-center blind bore extending axially into said firing pin casing from said end wall, a second joint axially displaceable in said second blind bore, a second slide radially movable in said casing into a position for blocking movement of said firing pin, said second slide engaged with said second joint for radial movement with axial movement of said second joint and a second spring engaged with said second slide for moving said second slide into a position for blocking movement of said firing pin.

11. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 10, including a locking rod connected to said second slide having an end projecting beyond said end wall whereby with said adaptation cartridge seated in the breech mechanism, said locking rod is moved into a position for retracting said second slide from blocking movement of said firing pin.

12. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 11, wherein each of said first mentioned and second slides includes a slot inclined at an angle with respect to an axis of said casing, and a bolt connected to each of said first mentioned and second joint, and engaged into said slot of said first mentioned and second slides repectively.

13. An adaptation cartridge for an adapter barrel system and for firing subcaliber ammunition from a gun barrel of larger caliber, comprising:

a cartridge chamber (3);

a firing pin casing (5) centrally and axially engaged with said cartridge chamber, said firing pin casing being connected at least one of mechanically and dynamically to said said cartridge chamber on a breech side thereof;

first safety means connected between said chamber and casing for safety against axial and radial displacement therebetween, and second safety means for maintaining a firing pin (9) in said casing against firing.

14. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 13, wherein said first safety means comprises a first off-center bore in said casing, a first joint movable in said first off-center bore and a slide radially movable in said casing and engaged with said joint for radial movement with axial movement of said joint, a safety slot in said cartridge chamber engageable by said slide for blocking relative rotation between said casing and said chamber, said second safety means comprising a second off-center bore in said casing, a second joint movably mounted in said second off-center bore and a second slide mounted for radial movement in said casing and engaged with said second joint for movement into and out of a position blocking movement of said firing pin.

15. An adaptation cartridge according to claim 14, wherein said cartridge chamber includes a tube extending toward a breech end of said casing, said casing threadably engaged in said tube, a tubular jacket surrounding said cartridge chamber with its tube and a flange extending radially from said jacket to said tube for holding said tube in an axially and in a radially fixed position with respect to said jacket.