Barrel Support Extension for Weapon Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Barrel vibrations in medium and large caliber weapons, exacerbated by additional complex and heavy devices at the muzzle, lead to accuracy errors due to shifts in the muzzle position and tangent, particularly with the use of intelligent ammunition.
Innovation Solution
A barrel support extending behind the muzzle area, with support elements absorbing lateral vibrations, and additional devices such as measuring and programming devices mounted on a separate extension element attached to the barrel support rather than the barrel itself, increasing natural frequency and reducing amplitudes while allowing for lighter design and movement away from the muzzle for sub-caliber ammunition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If additional devices are attached to the weapon barrel for intelligent ammunition, then measurement and programming capabilities are improved, but barrel vibrations increase and accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the weapon system into separate functional modules: the weapon barrel remains separate from the additional devices. The additional devices (measuring and programming equipment) are mounted on the weapon mount or cradle rather than directly on the barrel, creating spatial separation that reduces vibration transmission while maintaining measurement capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mounting structure (weapon mount or cradle) that serves as a mediator between the weapon barrel and the additional devices. This intermediary absorbs and isolates vibrations, preventing direct transmission from the barrel to the sensitive measurement equipment while still allowing the devices to perform their functions.
2Stability of the object's composition
If barrel rigidity is increased to counteract vibrations, then vibration resistance is improved, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the vibration-prone additional devices from the barrel structure and relocates them to the weapon mount or cradle. This separation removes the source of vibration-induced complexity from the barrel design, allowing the barrel to be optimized for its primary function without the added complexity of mounting sophisticated measurement and programming equipment directly on it.
3Measurement precision
If additional devices are mounted on the barrel muzzle, then measurement capability is improved, but lateral vibration amplitudes increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the measurement function from the barrel structure by mounting the measuring and programming devices on the weapon mount or cradle rather than on the barrel itself. This spatial segmentation reduces the coupling between barrel vibrations and the measurement equipment, thereby reducing lateral vibration amplitudes while preserving measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The weapon mount or cradle serves as an intermediary structure that supports the additional devices at a location less susceptible to barrel vibrations. This intermediary mounting position reduces the transmission of lateral vibrations to the measurement equipment, maintaining measurement accuracy while reducing vibration amplitudes.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively reduces barrel vibrations, maintains accuracy, and allows for trouble-free firing with sub-caliber ammunition by absorbing recoil forces and enabling a lighter, unobstructed projectile path, while maintaining the effectiveness of the muzzle brake and recoil management.
Implementation Method 1
support elements 4 arranged at its front end, whose distance from the outer wall of the weapon barrel 2 is dimensioned in such a way that an unimpeded return of the weapon barrel 2 is ensured, but lateral vibrations or bending of the weapon barrel are transmitted from these support elements 4 to the barrel support 3 and are absorbed by it
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AI summary
The barreled weapon has a weapon pipe (2) supported in a weapon holder (1) or cradle, and a pipe support (3). An additional unit, particularly a measuring or programming unit (6) is arranged in the area of a weapon pipe port (5). An extension element (7) is arranged at the front end of the pipe support, which carries the additional unit lying from the port. The extension element is connected with the pipe support in a rigid manner.