Armored tank vehicle with antiaircraft armament

Claim 1

An armored tank vehicle with antiaircraft armament, said vehicle comprising a freely rotatable turret means having a turret cover; said turret means including trunnions rotatably mounted in the turret wall; two belt-fed guns disposed parallel to one another on the exterior of both sides of said turret means, said guns being rigidly coupled with said turret means relative to their horizontal direction; a search radar means and a target-tracking radar means mounted at said turret means; at least one optical periscope inserted through said turret cover into the interior of said rotatable turret means; seats for an operating crew within said turret means, periscope ocular means coupled with said optical periscope and located within said turret means adjacent said seat means, console means having radar screens within said turret means and operatively coupled with said search radar means and said target-tracking radar means, a firing element computer means coupled with said target-tracking radar means for automatically determined the firing parameters for said gun in dependence upon target locating data continuously determined by said target-tracking radar means, and manually operable control members and ammunition storage means for said gun all disposed within the interior of said turret means, whereby the armored tank vehicle defines a completely autonomous, automotive and armored weapon system for weather-independent antiaircraft operations for mobile fighting units, said ammunition storage means including an ammunition storage compartment means disposed in the interior of said turret means associated with each gun, each said ammunition storage compartment means containing an ammunition belt inserted therein in folded manner, means for feeding said ammunition belt to said guns, said means for feeding said ammunition belT including a hydraulically operated belt conveyor means and guide channels disposed through said respective trunnions, a housing means for said search radar means disposed rearwardly of said turret means, a support platform, antenna means for said search radar means mounted on said platform in operative position above said turret cover and rotatable at substantially constant speed relative to the vehicle for scanning the airspace for aircraft, said search radar means being compensated for rotations of said turret means, and hydraulic adjustment means for lowering said antenna into said housing means, a housing for said target tracking radar means rotatably disposed about a vertical axis relative to said turret means, said housing being mounted at the forward side of said turret means between and beneath said guns, said targettracking radar means including vertically rotatable antenna means disposed on said housing, and means for rotating said antenna means from a working position for automatic tracking and locating an aircraft into a protective position in which said antenna means is disposed between said housing and the turret wall.