Patent ID: 8474360

Claim:
Armament apparatus comprising: a machine gun having: a body portion, a bolt member movable relative to said body portion between armed and safe positions, and a spring resiliently biasing said bolt member toward said armed position; a gun charger operative to selectively engage said bolt member, drive it from said armed position to said safe position, and subsequently permit said spring to return said bolt member from said safe position to said armed position; and cooperative mounting apparatus associated with said body portion and said gun charger for releasably and operatively mounting said gun charger on said body portion, said cooperative mounting apparatus comprising releasably interlockable mounting structures carried on said body portion and said gun charger, and locking apparatus for releasably retaining said mounting structures in an interlocked relationship, said interlockable mounting structures comprising tabs carried by said body portion and said gun charger, at least some of said tabs carried by said body portion and said gun charger being movable into an aligned relationship that blocks separation of said machine gun and said gun charger, and said locking apparatus is operative to releasably maintain said at least some of said tabs in said aligned relationship.