A self-propelled gun system (10 Fig 1) defining a recoil mitigation system comprising a chassis (200 Fig 1), a gun barrel (300 Fig 1) and a chassis suspension system (400). The chassis suspension system comprises a first wheel arm (402 Fig 6) extending away from the chassis to a first wheel (404), the first wheel being rotatably mounted on the first wheel arm. The first wheel is configured for travelling along or engaging with a support surface (500). There is also provided a recoil mitigation system (900) comprising a recoil support leg (902) which extends away from the chassis to a foot end (904), the foot end operable to engage with the support surface during firing of a projectile. The recoil mitigation system further comprising a wheel brake control device (600 Fig 7) configured for applying a braking force to the chassis first wheel after the firing of a projectile from the gun barrel and after the rotatable first wheel has started rotating along the support surface in response to the firing of a projectile from the gun barrel.
Improved self-propelled gun system
2022-07-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE AND SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE SYSTEM
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