Ordnance – Loading – Hoisting apparatus
Patent
1982-07-13
1984-11-13
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Loading
Hoisting apparatus
F41F 904
Patent
active
044818629
ABSTRACT:
A turret is movable in azimuth within a turret support structure and a large caliber cannon is movable in elevation within the turret. A turret ammunition handling system includes an automatic loading mechanism for fixed ammunition cartridges configured with stub cases. The system is configured to move the ammunition cartridges between a turret mounted magazine and the cannon breech at the existing elevation of the cannon. The magazine is movable within the turret and has a plurality of cartridge storage cells therein. A stub case ejection container is movable between a position behind the breech opening, where it accepts ejected cartridge stub cases from the breech, and a position extending through a hatch in the gun mantlet, whereupon the stub case is discharged from the turret. Misfired rounds may be removed from the turret and cartridges may be on-loaded and off-loaded from the turret by the automatic loading mechanism. A microprocessor based control is provided to sequence the mechanical components properly to carry out the ammunition handling system operations in accordance with any one of several selected operating modes.
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E-1601a, FMC Program for Upgrading 40-mm 60-mm Caliber Guns, FMC Corporation, Northern Ordinance Division, 3/1/77.
Heron Bruce G.
Wiethoff Roger H.
Bentley Stephen C.
FMC Corporation
Megley Richard B.
Stanley Henry M.
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