A device for recovery of energy produced by the recoil of a gun

The invention relates to a recovery device 2 of the energy produced during the recoil of a weapon 1.Il comprises a cylinder 3 energy recovery actuated by the recoil of the weapon, double-acting cylinder comprising two chambers separated by a piston, a first chamber (6) of the cylinder being connected to a hydraulic power circuit of the weapon, the cylinder (3) pushing the hydraulic fluid in this circuit into a storage accumulator (16) when weapon recoil.