Patent ID: 6701821
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A weapon turret (10) intended for a military vehicle and equipped with a medium-calibre automatic weapon (12) and a relatively heavy-calibre weapon (14) in which the two weapons (12, 14) are, firstly, mounted in a weapon holder, fitted in the weapon turret (10), such that they can be jointly pivoted about a common horizontal pivot axis (18) and, secondly, can be pivoted jointly with the turret (10) about a vertical centre axis (20) of the same, the heavy-calibre weapon (14) being mounted next to and parallel with the automatic weapon (12), and in which at least one ammunition magazine (48) in the weapon turret is provided with at least one guide duct (44, 46) for guiding an ammunition belt from the magazine (48) to the automatic weapon (12), characterized in that the automatic weapon (12) is mounted in the weapon holder such that the longitudinal axis (30) of the barrel (26) of the automatic weapon extends through the common horizontal pivot axis (18) and through the vertical centre axis (20) of the weapon turret.