Fastening device for a gun barrel
View Patent ↗A fastening device for a gun barrel with respect to the turret of a carrier vehicle of the type incorporating a cheek integral with an oscillating mass carrying the gun barrel and an articulated part fastened to said turret, wherein said articulated part is fastened to said turret by a pivoting link and in that said part incorporates means to join it to said cheek.
1. A gun barrel fastening device that fastens, with respect to the turret of a carrier vehicle, an oscillating mass carrying the gun barrel, the gun barrel fastening device comprising:
a cheek integral with the oscillating mass; and
an articulated part fastened to the turret by a pivoting link, the articulated part comprising means for joining the articulated part with the cheek,
wherein the pivoting link is positioned such that a load exerted by the oscillating mass on the joining means generates a torque making the articulated part pivot toward the cheek.
2. The gun barrel fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the means for joining the articulated part with the cheek is an elastic wedge that engages at least one indentation in the cheek.
3. The gun barrel fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein the cheek includes a plurality of indentations allowing the oscillating mass to be immobilised in different angular positions.
4. The gun barrel fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein the articulated part is activated by means of a cylinder to engage or disengage the elastic wedge with the at least one indentation.
5. The gun barrel fastening device according to claim 2 , further comprising an elastic means acting to hold the elastic wedge engaged with the at least one indentation.
6. The gun barrel fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic wedge is substantially trapezoidal in shape.
7. The gun barrel fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic wedge is carried by a cylindrical knuckle integral with the articulated part.