ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,402, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).
"Recoil system" was invented by Edward Elliott (Farnborough, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field gun, comprising an elevating mass and a wheeled carriage. The elevating mass includes an ordnance for firing a projectile, and a cradle for holding the ordnance at a traverse and an elevation. The ordnance includes a barrel defining a barrel axis and having a muzzle towards a front end of the field gun and a breech assembly at a rear end of the barrel. The wheeled carriage is connected to the cradle and includes at least one wheel, a rechargeable electric s...