STABILIZED INTEGRATED COMMANDER'S WEAPON STATION FOR COMBAT ARMORED VEHICLE

摘要

A weapon station includes a low profile adapter and rotating platform. The low profile adapter is mountable on numerous vehicles or structures, including armored combat vehicles, and mounted concentrically with an operator ingress and egress. The low profile adapter may be mountable on optical sights, such as periscopes. The rotating platform is mounted on the low profile adapter and concentric with the operator ingress and egress and is rotatable about an azimuth axis. The weapon station includes a weapon that can be fired in stabilized, power, and manual modes. The weapon can be fired from within the vehicle in stabilized and power modes, and an operator can fire the weapon manually without leaving the protection of the operator ingress and egress. The weapon station does not obstruct a line-of-sight through optical sights and affords an operator enhanced protection during combat engagements due to its ingress/egress-centric configuration.

主权项

1. A weapon station mountable on a vehicle having an operator ingress and egress, comprising:
a base housing mounted on said vehicle and concentrically with said operator ingress and egress; at least one periscope, said periscope having an upper portion and a lower portion, said base housing configured to retain said lower portion of said periscope; a low profile adapter mounted on said base housing and concentrically with said operator ingress and egress, said low profile adapter configured to retain said upper portion of said periscope; a rotating platform mounted on said low profile adapter and concentrically with said operator ingress and egress, said rotating platform rotatable about an azimuth axis; and a weapon mounted on said rotating platform, wherein said weapon station does not obstruct views through said periscope.