ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,566, issued on April 14, was assigned to Van Halteren Metaal B.V. (Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands).
"Howitzer training gun" was invented by Eduard Noorlander (Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A howitzer training gun with a gun carriage, a gun cradle supported by the gun carriage, a training gun barrel, and an unloading tray disposed at or near a forward end of the gun cradle, the unloading tray having a travel position and an operating position, and when in the operating position the unloading tray is arranged to receive a projectile from the training gun barrel and transfer the projectile to the...