Method and apparatus for moving cartridged ammunition from a hull magazine to a turret magazine
US4730536A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 12, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A9/82
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
To reduce the space required within the rotatable turret housing 24 of an armored vehicle for transferring cartridged ammunition 3 from a magazine 4 in the hull to a magazine 10 in the turret, the gun barrel 1, which is pivotal about a cradle axis 2, is used as a transporting means for the change of ammunition. To transport the cartridged ammunition 3 into the chamber 15 of the gun barrel, the ammunition 3 of the hull magazine 4 in the removal position 5 is arranged at an angle within vehicle hull 23 so that the ammunition 3 forms a straight line 7 with the bore axis 6 of the gun barrel 1, which has been raised by an elevation angle .alpha. with respect to the horizontal. To guide the cartridged ammunition 3 in the region of the recoil path s of the barrel 1, pivotal conduits or spacers 11, 12 are fastened to hull magazine 4 and to turret magazine 10. The gun barrel 1 serves as the transporting means, on the one hand, to replenish the cartridged ammunition 3 in the turret magazine 10 from the supply of ammunition in the hull magazine 4 and, on the other hand, to replenish the hull magazine 4 in the reverse direction of transport. For the longitudinal transport of the cartridged amm…
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