device for bring ammunition to a on a pansartak placed cannon

摘要

A device for transporting ammunition, especially cartridges and the like, from a fixed magazine to a top-mounted gun is disclosed. The ammunition is brought to a charging position, in which it is substantially coaxial to the axis of bore of the gun, by utilization of a lift mechanism which is swingable about a horizontal axis by being pivotally mounted at one end to a part which is rotatable about the lateral alignment axis of the gun, while the other end of the lift mechanism includes a cartridge holder. The gun itself is adjustable as to elevation and is operatively connectible to an armored dome of a protective armor, with the dome being adapted to rotate about its vertical axis. The ammunition is stored parallel to one another and to the axis of bore of the gun in the fixed magazine beneath the protective armor. The device includes a stand-by magazine locatable between the fixed magazine and the gun, with the stand-by magazine being connectible to the dome at the rear thereof. The stand-by magazine includes a first section and a second section arranged alongside one another at a predetermined distance, each section being of somewhat shallow height, adapted to receive a layer of ammunition, and equipped with an endless conveyor operable in clockwise and counterclockwise direction. The space between the two sections of the stand-by magazine is adapted to receive ammunition, and the cartridge holder of the lift mechanism is adapted to be lowered into the space for receiving the ammunition. The cartridge holder is movable either in the vertical plane of the axis of bore of the gun or transverse thereto.