SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOADING AMMUNITION IN THE CHAMBER OF THE TUBE OF A CANON, PARTICULARLY THE CANNON OF A TANK, AND TANK EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE.

摘要

P The invention relates to an automatic loading system (10) of ammunition (3) in the tube (5) of a cannon (6), in particular of the barrel of a tank, which comprises a block of routing (11) which supports a cradle (15) on which is deposited an ammunition (3) extracted from a magazine (2), means for moving the routing block (11) so as to align the ammunition (3 ) along the axis of the tube (5) of the barrel (6), a first drive device (20) for axially moving the cradle (15) relative to the routing block (11) to bring the ammunition (3) in the vicinity of the entry of the tube (5) of the barrel (6) and a second drive device (25) for axially moving the ammunition (3) relative to the cradle (15) in order to engage it inside of the tube (5). /P