System for the loading of a mortar
US6095026A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41F1/06
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ammunition magazine mounted directly on a mortar to improve the firing rate of the mortar. The rounds of ammunition contained in the magazine are conveyed to a predetermined position through the use of a motor drive where they are taken by a transfer device that extracts them from the magazine and places them into the barrel of the mortar.
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