Ordnance – Cartridge feeding – Holders
Patent
1985-05-03
1987-06-09
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Cartridge feeding
Holders
89 45, F41H 706
Patent
active
046711643
ABSTRACT:
Shell magazine apparatus for tanks having a gun crew basket rotably mounted within a vehicle and having a cannon mounted to the basket comprises a primary shell magazine mounted in the gun crew basket and a secondary shell magazine mounted in the vehicle. The primary magazine includes a number of shell holding canisters pivotally mounted to a canister carrier rotatably mounted on a core. A Geneva drive incrementally rotating the carrier and canisters to sequentially position the canisters in a particular elevating position. A pressurized fluid cylinder is provided for pivoting a canister in the elevating position into a position from which a shell can be extracted by an associated shell loading apparatus. The secondary magazine comprises first and second drums rotatably mounted, side-by-side, in the vehicle rearwardly of the primary magazine when the gun crew basket is azimuthally zeroed. The first and second drums are orientated relative to the primary magazine so that shells can be then transferred forwardly, at particular rotational transport positions, into the primary magazine. A sensor and control system is provided for operating the magazine.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1298091 (1919-03-01), Redpath et al.
patent: 3136212 (1964-06-01), Girouard et al.
patent: 4457209 (1984-07-01), Scheurich et al.
DeHaven Vernet F.
Warin Francis J.
ARES, Inc.
Bentley Stephen C.
Fowler Allan R.
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