Patent · US Expired

Ammunition rack for vertically standing cartridge ammunition

US4693166A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Rheinmetall GmbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Pehker · Goldkronach, DE
Edelgard Pahlke · Goldkronach, DE
Josef Metz · Neuss, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 1985
Grant date	Sep 15, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF42B39/22
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an ammunition rack for vertically storing cartridge ammunition in the ready room of the loader on the turret platform of a tank and removing the ammunition therefrom; the rack having a stay tube for centering the cartridge base and a clamping device for fastening the projectile. The clamping device can be pivoted upwardly around a turret fixed pivot by way of a holding lever upon removal of the projectile after the clamping device has been released and the ammunition unit has been removed therefrom.

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