Ammunition feed for tank mounted weapon - has ammunition on vertical strips advanced to intermediate convector in magazine for transfer to turret conveyor

摘要

Below the turret with an automatic gun (11) is an ammunition magazine (10) shaped as an arc of a circle. It contains an endless belt conveyor, with its belt guided along a curved path parallel to the curved side of the magazine, to advance the ammunition (23) towards a belt conveyor (24) which transfers it to a feed system (33) inside the turret. The ammunition is stored in the magazine, supported by vertical strips (22), and is transferred by the top of the second conveyor to the chains (32) of the feed system inside the turret. ADVANTAGE - Compact design with continuous ammunition supply.