Patent ID: 7491007

Claim:
A device for locking the turret of a military vehicle in a predetermined position and releasing said turret from said position, comprising a mounting ring fixedly attachable to said vehicle having a plurality of uniformly spaced holes about the interior circumference; and a lock pin assembly comprising: a housing mountable to said turret; first and second adjacent lock pin members contained within said housing; a rod transversely attached to said lock pin members such that said lock pin members are slidably mounted on said rod and said rod is pivotable relative to said lock pin members; a handle operatively attached to said rod; said lock pins being angled away from each other by a predetermined amount which corresponds to the axes of any two adjacent holes of the mounting ring and permits their free entry into the adjacent holes; and whereby said first and second lock pins are simultaneously driven by the movement of said handle in a first direction into adjacent holes to lock relative movement of the mounting ring and lock pin assembly and withdrawn from said turret holes with the movement of said handle in an opposite direction to allow for relative movement of the mounting ring and lock pin assembly.