Patent ID: 7258055

Claim:
A machine gun mount for mounting a machine gun in a movable support arm of a helicopter, said mount comprising: a gun cradle adapted to be detachably connected to a machine gun; a pintle including means at one end thereof adapted to pivotably mount the pintle, and thus the mount, on the movable support arm so as to enable pivoting movement of the mount, and thus a machine gun mounted in the gun cradle, in a horizontal plane, said pintle being pivotably connected at an opposite end thereof to said gun cradle so as to permit the gun cradle, and thus a machine gun mounted in the gun cradle, to be rotated in a vertical plane through 90 degrees between a first, operative position and a second, stowed position; locking means for locking the gun cradle in the stowed position; a magazine attached to one side of the gun cradle; a spent case and link frame attached to the opposite side of the gun cradle; a spent case and link catch bag connected to and supported by said frame; and a spent case and link deflector supported by said mount and disposed so as to deflect spent cases and links ejected from a machine gun mounted in the gun cradle away from the machine gun to one side thereof.