Patent ID: 7827896

Claim:
A device for operating from a remote place a rope actuated cocking and charging mechanism of a weapon ( 1 ) on a weapon mount ( 11 ), the weapon having a bore axis and the rope actuated cocking and charging mechanism having a rope emerging from a rope exit of the weapon, the weapon having an upwardly facing upper part and a downwardly facing lower part adjoining the weapon mount, the rope exit being positioned to one side of the weapon and between the upper part and the lower part, wherein the device comprises: a first rotatable pulley ( 6 ) having an axis of rotation fixedly connected to a first part of the weapon mount and positioned adjacently to and below said rope exit of said weapon positioned in the weapon mount, a second rotatable pulley ( 7 ) having an axis of rotation fixedly connected to said first part of the weapon mount and positioned below and spaced from the first pulley, and a linearly moveable actuator arm ( 2 ) on support means ( 9 ) fixedly connected to the weapon mount and adapted to facilitate linear movement of the actuator arm, said actuator arm having a longitudinal axis being substantially parallel to said bore axis, said actuator arm at an end thereof comprising a rope engagement means, the actuator arm being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, the first pulley, second pulley and actuator arm being arranged so as to allow said rope exiting from said weapon in the mount to extend from the rope exit and run, in sequence, to and over a part of a circumference of the first pulley, to and over a part of a circumference of the second pulley, and in a rope pulling force coupling engagement with said actuator arm end.