Patent ID: 6286411
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B64D,F41A

Abstract:
Armament apparatus comprising:a support member;a yoke assembly carried by said support member for rotation relative thereto about a generally vertical first axis;a cradle assembly including:a frame portion including a pair of laterally spaced apart parallel slide tubes, and a connection portion secured to said yoke assembly in a manner permitting said cradle assembly to pivot around said connection portion, about a generally horizontal second axis, relative to said yoke assembly,a body portion carried by said slide tubes for sliding reciprocation along their lengths, anda pair of shock absorbers having first ends anchored to said frame portion and second ends anchored to said body portion so as to resiliently resist movement of said body portion in one axial direction along said slide tubes;a machine gun secured to said body portion for movement therewith along said slide tubes; anda latching structure carried by said yoke assembly and being operative to releasably engage a portion of said machine gun to releasably hold said machine gun in a maximum up elevation rotational position about said second axis.