DE671492C - Ammunition supply device for machine weapons in combat towers of aircraft - Google Patents

Description

Ammunition feed device for machine guns in combat turrets of aircraft The invention relates to an ammunition feeder for machine weapons in combat towers of aircraft.

The known fighter planes use belts, drums and Box magazines from which the ammunition is fed to the machine gun. Around. one To be able to carry as large a quantity of ammunition as possible, one has, up to now, also been on The belt attached to the weapon itself, the drum or several of these for holding the ammunition serving means stowed near the weapon and, as soon as one empty were exchanged for the others, filled with ammunition, by hand. Mun: itionszuführungseinrichtungen are also known in which above: on the weapon a slide is attached, on which two box magazines are placed in such a way: are, that the one above the la @ de opening of the weapon in Schoncla.fts- and the other next to it is in reserve position. When the first magazine is empty, it takes if you take it off, slide the second one over the loading opening and put on the previous one Place the second a filled third. Devices are also known to both unterhwalbeiner several star-shaped machine guns pivotable about a vertical axis and box magazines which can also be rotated about said axis are jointly arranged are.

These known types of accommodation and supply of ammunition to have. several disadvantages. In relation to the total weight of the aircraft and compared with the other services of the same is the amount of ammunition; which carried can be low. Furthermore, the use of belts often results in jams Occasion, and finally the transport of the individual reserve belts and drums takes place and magazines to and from the weapon, if it is done by hand, in aerial combat z: u takes a lot of time and distracts the shooter's attention from the target.

The above-mentioned deficiencies are avoided by the invention this is achieved in that three separate magazines are arranged, of which two are inside and the third outside of the battle tower and after pivoting the weapon in the reloading position the empty first magazine in itself known whites automatically, from the second magazine and after turning the tower in a certain position the emptied second magazine in a manner known per se automatically from the third magazine: is filled with ammunition.

In the figures, an embodiment of the invention is shown.

Fig. Z shows a schematic of a combat tower. in the aircraft fuselage in longitudinal section, Fig., A cross-section seen from the front. and Fig.3 is a top view of the tower.

The weapon W carries a box magazine A. There, it is eating, viewed in the direction of fire, open on the right side. The weapon can be swiveled around axis D, which is fixed in the turret. Below and a little to the side of the weapon is one of three part magazines bi, b2; b3 existing star-shaped second load magazine B is arranged, which is rotatable about the axis E, which is also fixedly mounted in the tower. The sub-magazines have the same size and shape as the magazine A and are open on their right and left sides, as seen in the weft direction. Opposite the outside of the part magazines bi and b3 openings are provided in the tower wall, which have the same size and shape as the side openings of the magazines b1 and b3 and with these x; n, are in the same alignment. Furthermore, is in the rear part of the fuselage: a third box magazine C consisting of two part magazines cl and c2 is arranged. The part magazines cl and c. have the same cross-section as the magazines b1, b2, b3, are at the same height as the partial magazines b1 and b3 and have a length corresponding to the available space. At one end they reach up to the tower wall and are: open at this end.

The operation of the ammunition supply device is as follows: If the magazine A is shot empty, the weapon is in the dotted in Fig. I Pivoted position so that the magazine A comes to lie next to the partial magazine b1. Here the magazine A is automatically coupled with the partial magazine b1, and it takes place z. B. by pressing a release button, in a known manner, for example Spring force, the transport of the ammunition located in the partial magazine b1 out of this Magazine into magazine A. By swiveling the weapon back, .the The coupling between A and b1 is automatically released and the weapon is ready to fire again. During a pause in fire, the shooter rotates magazine B around axis E so far until the magazine b2 reaches the position that the magazine b1 originally occupied. After the magazine A is empty again, the reloading process is repeated, as described above, a second time and as soon as the ammunition of the fired and the magazine b3 is turned into the loading position, a third time: around that To load magazine B: then, at a suitable moment, turn the tower 90 ° to the right - turned around so that the magazine B reaches the position dotted in Fig. 3. here the opening ö of the magazine b3 then lie in front of the opening e1 of the magazine cl and the opening of the magazine b2 in front of the opening e2 of the magazine c2. The transport the ammunition from the magazine C into the magazine B then proceeds in a similar manner like from the magazine B into the Mnga.-zin A. Thereupon. can go back to the magazine. A. from: the magazine B, as explained above, can be loaded.

One could, for example, also have a second weapon with an associated star-shaped weapon Install the magazine in the combat tower in such a way that it is immediately next to the in the example described arranged weapon and the star magazines symmetrically come to rest by the two weapons. You can also use the two weapons with theirs Star magazines can be arranged symmetrically to the vertical center plane of the tower. Furthermore, the magazine provided on the weapon can be attached instead of on its underside attached to the top of the lock case and then the star magazine in: corresponding Position to be arranged laterally above the weapon.

Claims (3)

PA'1'LN'PANSP12ÜCHG: e.g. Muiv.tionszuführungseinrichtung for machine weapons in combat towers of aircraft, characterized in that three separate magazines (A, B, C) are arranged; Of which two (A, B) are inside and the third: (C) outside the combat tower and after swiveling the weapon into the reloading position, the reader-shot, first magazine (A) automatically in a known manner from the second magazine (B) and after turning the tower into a certain position, the emptied second magazine (B) is automatically filled with ammunition from the third magazine (C) in a manner known per se. z. Device according to claim i, characterized in that both the second (B) and the third magazine (C) consist of several box-shaped partial magazines (b1, b2, b3 or cl, c2) in a manner known per se; and that the ammunition discharge openings (e1, ea) of the third magazine (C) are arranged so that, in the loading position of the second magazine (B), the loading openings (o ") of the respective partial magazines to be filled (e.g. b @ ', b., 3) of the second magazine (B) come to rest in front of the named Entladeöffnmigen (ei, .e2). 3. Device according to claim i un = d z, characterized characterized in that the second i magazine (B) is arranged next to the first (A) is that in the reloading position of the weapon - one of the magazine sections (b1, b2, b3) of the named magazine (B) in the same alignment with the first magazine (A) lies.