Gun barrel

• US 8,215,221 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2009
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (Rheinmetall AG)
• Original Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (Rheinmetall AG)
• Inventors: Herrmann, Ralf-Joachim, Schmees, Heiner, Lawitzke, Klaus, Scheideler, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Bret
• Assistant Examiner(s): FREEMAN, JOSHUA E
• Application Number:
  US12/492,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20090320673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 89/147, 89/140.5, 42/760.1, 42/760.2, 42/78
• US Class Current: 89/14.7
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 21/481 using partial or interrupted threads, e.g. bayonet-type mountings

Abstract

A gun barrel with a gun barrel liner and a breech ring, which are joined with each other by a bayonet thread. A continuous cavity is left between adjacent bayonet ridges of the gun barrel liner and the bayonet ridges of the breech ring that are located axially behind them or in front of them. A locking segment is inserted in at least one of the cavities that is formed in the installed gun barrel liner between adjacent bayonet ridges of the gun barrel liner and the bayonet ridges of the breech ring to prevent unintentional detachment of the gun barrel liner from the breech ring. The locking segment can completely fill the corresponding cavity.

Claims

1. A gun barrel assembly, comprising a gun barrel;

a breech ring, the gun barrel and the breech ring being joined with each other by a bayonet thread so that a continuous cavity is left between adjacent bayonet ridges of the gun barrel and bayonet ridges of the breech ring that are located axially behind or in front of the bayonet ridges of the barrel; and

a locking segment inserted in at least one of the cavities between adjacent bayonet ridges so as to at least partially fill the cavity, wherein the locking segment completely fills the cavity.

2. The gun barrel in accordance with claim 1, wherein a plurality of the locking segments positioned continuously on a ring are inserted in several cavities.

3. The gun barrel in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking segment is inserted on a side of a breech mechanism into a corresponding cavity.

4. The gun barrel in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gun barrel is a rifled gun barrel that is suitable for firing spin-stabilized projectiles.

5. The gun barrel in accordance with claim 1, and further comprising a segmented ring arranged to hold the locking segment.