Patent · US Expired

Device for field artillery weapon for achieving rapid and automatized transport of rounds of ammunition or parts thereof

US4145953A · kind A · utility

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4References

15Claims

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Assignee

Aktiebolaget Bofors · SE

Inventors

Erik A. Bergling · Brösarp, SE
Arne Berglund · Upplands Väsby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 1977
Grant date	Mar 27, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF41A9/04
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for rapidly feeding an artillery weapon with ammunition, comprising a conveyor assembly removably attached to a lower carriage of the weapon and including an adjustable connection which compensates for elevational and transverse movements of the firearm to maintain rapid loading thereof.

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