Ammunition magazine for large-caliber ammunition

US5945624A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rheinmetall W & M GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Becker · Düsseldorf, DE
• Hans-Ulrich Desgranges · Celle, DE
• Heinz Haas · Regensburg, DE
• Uwe Eisenkolb · Lüneburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 1998
• Grant date: Aug 31, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41A9/64
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to accommodate the ammunition (7) in an ammunition magazine (1) in a space- and mass-saving manner without an external drive, and to subsequently remove the ammunition quickly from the magazine, the individual ammunition bodies (7) are disposed, with the aid of holders (10), on the chain links (8, 9) of a rigid-backed chain (6) (ammunition chain) seated to be displaced in two rails (3, 4). In such an arrangement, the ammunition (7) can be removed quickly from the magazine (1) through the withdrawal of the chain (6) and the pivoting of the individual chain links (8, 9) toward the rear side (15) of the chain (6), and stowed again when the chain (6) is pushed back into the magazine frame.