Ammunition feed apparatus

Details Ammunition feed apparatus Ammunition feed apparatus

1982-07-07

1994-05-03

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Shields

Turret type

89 45, F41A 916

Patent

active

053077261

ABSTRACT:
A gravity operated shell feed apparatus for a turret-mounted gun comprises two stacks of downwardly sloping magazine racks, from the lower ends of which shell may be singly released to roll into an appropriately positioned collection tray which is then angularly deflected in a vertical plane so as to transfer the shell to a ramming tray for delivery to a ramming position at the gun, the whole sequence being manually controlled by means of a single operating lever.
The apparatus is designed for a fixed loading position thereby avoiding the necessity of sweeping the feed apparatus at high speed through a large volume of turret space, and using instead the elevating gear of the gun to sweep the balanced elevating mass through a smaller turret volume at a proportionately lower speed, in a region less hazardous to the gun crew.

REFERENCES:
patent: 709781 (1902-09-01), Krone
patent: 2594198 (1952-04-01), Motley
patent: 3937125 (1976-02-01), Eriksson

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