ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,322, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KNDS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Weapon system" was invented by Axel Scheibel (Kassel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weapon system with a weapon, and an aiming device with two spaced-apart elevation axes for aiming the weapon in elevation. The aiming device has a trunnion bearing associated with one elevation axis and a loose bearing associated with the other elevation axis for mounting a weapon mount receiving the weapon."

The patent was filed on June 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/872,929.

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