Ordnance – Cartridge feeding – Selective feed
Patent
1984-12-13
1986-03-11
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Cartridge feeding
Selective feed
89 34, 89 4003, F41H 706
Patent
active
045746834
ABSTRACT:
A weapon system including a main gun using link fed ammunition and a co-axially mounted machine gun mounted in a turret rotatably positionable in an armored vehicle. The spent links for the main gun and the spent machine gun links and brass are ejected through the trunnion bearing on which the rotor for the main gun rotates and into a compartment which communicates with the exterior of the vehicle. The linked ammunition for the main gun is stored in a rectangular shaped ammunition box positioned diametrically in the turret basket. The manual trigger and main gun elevation assembly includes a mechanical connection between the trigger and the trigger switch which does not rotate with the trigger and handwheel. The link eject chutes for the main gun, which can be a dual fed 25 millimeter gun, include guide strips for guiding the tab members of the links through the chute channels and thereby preventing jamming.
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Duncan Crow, Modern Battle Tanks, 1978, pp. 62, 108-109.
Bentley Stephen C.
Biskup Edward J.
General Motors Corporation
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