DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION CARTRIDGES FROM A CONTAINER MAGAZINE TO A TURRET MAGAZINE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP86/00159 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 12, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 12, 1987 PCT Filed Mar. 20, 1986 PCT Pub. No. WO86/06826 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 20, 1986.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 ammunition 3 into and out of chamber 15 of gun barrel 1, ramming devices 16, 17 are provided at turret magazine 10 and at hull magazine 4, respectively.