| 摘要 |
A belt-fed machine gun ( 1 ) for firing a multiplicity of cartridges ( 6 ) encased in sleeves ( 7 ), which sleeves are linked to form a belt ( 8 ). The machine gun includes a plurality of substantially parallel barrels ( 2 ) mounted for circumrotation, a plurality of cradles ( 5 ) for supporting the cartridges encased in the sleeves, said cradles being mounted for circumrotation with said plurality of substantially parallel barrels ( 2 ) wherein a number of the plurality of cradles in an operative condition are aligned coaxially with corresponding barrels, a housing ( 9 ) and a breechblock ( 10 ). The housing and said cradles ( 5 ) in an operative condition engage sleeves ( 7 ) encasing cartridges ( 6 ) to form chambers with said breechblock, wherein the breechblock includes a guide ( 11 ) for engagement with a follower ( 15 ) on the cartridges ( 6 ) to urge cartridge and sleeve ( 7 ) into engagement with a barrel ( 2 ). The gun ( 1 ) further includes a firing mechanism for initiating a propellant charge ( 18 ) in one or more of the cartridges ( 6 ) supported by cradles ( 5 ) in the operative condition. |
