EP0141900A1 - Dispositif de chargement automatique pour engin blindé avec tourelle rotative blindée - Google Patents

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EP0141900A1
EP0141900A1 EP84105873A EP84105873A EP0141900A1 EP 0141900 A1 EP0141900 A1 EP 0141900A1 EP 84105873 A EP84105873 A EP 84105873A EP 84105873 A EP84105873 A EP 84105873A EP 0141900 A1 EP0141900 A1 EP 0141900A1
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Josef Metz
Manfred Pehker
Erich Zielinski
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/01—Feeding of unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/06—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using cyclically moving conveyors, i.e. conveyors having ammunition pusher or carrier elements which are emptied or disengaged from the ammunition during the return stroke
    • F41A9/09—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines
    • F41A9/10—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging
    • F41A9/13—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane
    • F41A9/16—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane which is parallel to the barrel axis
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/01—Feeding of unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/24—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element
    • F41A9/26—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element using a revolving drum magazine

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  • the device relates to a loading machine for an armored vehicle according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a loading machine of the type mentioned, the ammunition stored vertically for a short time and space-saving from a secured storage position in La with a simple design and low weight to achieve a quick readiness to fire to transport deposition.
  • the automatic loading machine has the decisive advantage that it can easily, quickly and automatically transport bullets that have been vertically stored in a rotating armored turret by the exclusively swiveling feed device in the ready-to-load position of a large-caliber barrel weapon. Thanks to its space-saving, lightweight design, this automatic loading machine is ideal for use in cycling chariots in conjunction with a large-caliber high-performance cannon.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 show, within a tank tower 3 rotatably mounted in the vehicle trough 5, a loading machine for a tube weapon 13 combined from a magazine 1 and a feed device 16.
  • the tube weapon 13 is arranged centrally in an external weapon shaft 36 of the armored tower 3 and is by a known tower-fixed cradle bearing 58 and a known height adjusting cylinder 59.
  • the weapon shaft 36 prevents the tubular weapon 13 from influencing the outer turret height a because, when the returning tubular weapon 13 swivels within the angular range ⁇ which can be pivoted about the shield pin 60 of the cradle bearing 58 by the leveling cylinder 59, the base piece 54 of the tubular weapon 13 from the Tower contour can emerge.
  • a tower known per se in the vehicle tub 5 Bearing 61 centers the area b of the armored turret 3 received by the vehicle trough 5 and at the same time supports the outer area a of the armored turret 3, the armored turret 3 being rotatable about the central axis 27 by a drive (not shown).
  • the armored turret 3 is equipped with observation and aiming devices 55, entry and exit hatches 56, as well as an aperture machine gun 57 and a further machine gun, not shown, the functions of which are not relevant to the invention, however, and a detailed description is therefore unnecessary.
  • Separate forward apertures 62 of the turret mouth area enable the arrangement of the aperture machine gun 57 and an auxiliary rifle scope 63 mechanically coupled to the barrel weapon 13 for the gunner on both sides of the barrel weapon 13 while achieving all-round protection of the bearing of the shield barrel 60.
  • the tube weapon 13 which can be adjusted in height in the angular range ( ⁇ + ⁇ ) around the cradle bearing 58, assumes an index position 14 necessary for the loading process at an elevation angle ⁇ .
  • the loading space 12 of the barrel weapon 13 is ready for receiving a new projectile 1.5 ready to be inserted by a piecing device 64 arranged on the elongated barrel core axis 51 after the fall wedge lock 31 has been released.
  • the piecing device 64 is attached as a chain piecing device within the height range a to the armored turret 3 via fastening elements, not shown.
  • the projectile 15 rests in the loading position 14 on a charging shell 8 of the feed device 16.
  • the feed device 16 can be pivoted about a shaft 22 in the height region a of the armored turret 3, the shaft 22 being mounted horizontally in a bearing block 26 of a bearing 28 fastened to the turret 3.
  • the bearing 28 consists essentially Lichen from two ring-shaped bearing halves, one bearing half is connected to a bracket 29 connected to the armored turret 3 in the region of the tower bearing 61, reaching into the height region b and extending in a tubular manner, and the bearing blocks 26 of the feed devices are distributed next to one another on the circumference of the other bearing half 16 are firmly connected.
  • the projectiles 15, which are suspended in the ammunition containers 25 designed as feed devices 16, can be rotated in a carousel-like manner about the central axis 27, as a result of which the magazine 1 designed in this way can assume a projectile removal position 10 independently of the rotary movement of the armored turret 3.
  • the projectile 15 can be pivoted upwards from below by the ammunition container 25, which is also designed as a charging shell 8 and a feed device 16, by means of a drive 18 described in more detail in FIG. 4, into the position 14 ready for loading, which extends into the region 30 of the wedge lock 31 .
  • the divided crew compartment 6 is secured to the outside of the magazine 1 by a bulkhead 37, which in particular protects the turret crew in the event of ammunition fire and ammunition deflagration.
  • a bulkhead 37 which in particular protects the turret crew in the event of ammunition fire and ammunition deflagration.
  • an articulated drive 40 of a sleeve clearer 39 which can be retracted and swiveled into the weapon shaft 36 is arranged.
  • the sleeves 41 fall into the sleeve clearer 39 which is ready to receive near the bottom of the weapon shaft 36 and which, before each loading operation, is driven by the articulated drive 40 to eject the empty sleeve 41 into the rear area of the tank tower 3 is swung up.
  • the sleeve clearer 39 moves back to the starting position, the rear wall 44 of the The sleeve clearer 39 and a pivotable flap 45 close a magazine hatch 46 through which the feeder 16 for loading a new projectile 15 can be pivoted in the directions 24 when the sleeve clearer 39 and the flap 45 are pivoted away.
  • Fig. 4 shows the drive 18 of the feed device 16, the piecing 64 and the drive 65 for the sleeve clearer 39 (Fig. 1).
  • the drive 18, which is pivotable about an axis 34 arranged vertically and in a tower-proof manner, assumes a positive connection with a projection 32 of the shaft 22 projecting on one side, as a result of which the charging cradle 8 with the projectile 15 is ready for loading
  • Position 14 (Fig. 1) can be swiveled up and swung back into the removal position 10.
  • the profile of the extension 32 can be flat on both sides, a claw 33 of the drive 18, which can be pushed over it, according to FIG. 6 having a central, parallel slot.
  • the drive 18 assumes a position pivoted out in the direction 35 from the positive connection with the attachment 32.
  • the projectile 15 is transported into the loading space 12 (FIG. 1) by the piecing attachment 64 designed as a chain attachment.
  • the chains of the chain applicator are taken up by the chain guides 66 in the retracted position.
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 Another embodiment variant of a magazine with an endless and vertically arranged magazine 2 and a feeder Direction 17 equipped automatic vending machine, which is arranged within a tank tower 4 of a tubular weapon 13, which is rotatably mounted in the vehicle trough 5, is illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 9.
  • the barrel weapon 13 can be adjusted in height in the angular range ( ⁇ + ⁇ ) around the cradle bearing 58 by the leveling cylinder 59, the index position 14 required for the loading process, as already indicated in FIG. 1, being able to be assumed at an elevation angle ⁇ .
  • the tower is designed in such a way that the barrel weapon 13 returning around the area c does not touch the tower roof in an inclined position within the angular area ⁇ .
  • the armored turret 4 also contains the observation and targeting devices 55 and 63 already marked in FIG. 3 and a hatch 56, with the only difference that these devices are all arranged on one side of the barrel weapon 13.
  • the turret crew consisting of the commander and the gunner also sits on one side, but one behind the other in the crew room 7.
  • On the side of the barrel weapon 13 opposite the turret crew one of two parallel to each other is inside the outer turret area a and the inner area b of the vehicle trough 5
  • Existing band magazine 2 arranged in a circular path.
  • the storeys 15 standing vertically in the band magazine 2 are surrounded by a magazine cover.
  • the magazine cover as a plastic housing with the bulkhead 48 compared to the crew room 7 offers increased protection against burning ammunition.
  • the removal point 11 is arranged, from which the charging cradle 9 connected to the feed device 17 transports the projectiles 15 via an intermediate position 52 from below to the loading position 14 reaching into the area 30 of the wedge lock 31, only pivotably.
  • the floors 15 are within the Belt magazine 2 transported by a drive, not shown, and pivoted out of the removal position 11 in direction 53 and then in direction 24 by the drives 20, 21 and 19 shown in FIG. 10.
  • the automatic pivoting movement of the projectile 15, which is held in a charging cradle 9 connected to a pivoting lever 49 of the feed device 17, runs in the vertical direction 24 by rotating the pivoting lever 49 about a shaft 23 mounted horizontally in the height range a of the armored turret 4, either by a straight-line drive 20 connected to the pivot lever 49 or controlled in the direction 24 by a rotary drive 21 (FIG. 10) which can be connected to the shaft 23.
  • the shaft 23 is mounted in a tower-fixed bearing block 67, which is advantageously arranged laterally next to the barrel weapon 13 to carry out the swiveling movements necessary for the loading process between the band magazine 2 and the wedge lock 31.
  • the bearing block 67 can either accommodate a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit as a straight-line drive 20 or the drive 21 (FIG. 10) in a type of fastening (not shown).
  • the projectile 15 In the loaded loading position 14, the projectile 15 can be transported into the loading space 12 (FIG. 1) by the tower-fixed attachment 64 already described.
  • FIG. 10 shows the feed device 17 which can be pivoted about the shaft 23 with a charging cradle 9 which can be pivoted about the pivot lever 49 of the feed device 17, the projectile 15 being in two mutually perpendicular planes from the removal position 11 (FIG. 8) to the position ready for insertion 14 (Fig. 9) is pivotable.
  • the pivot lever 49 can be pivoted vertically directly about the shaft 23 connected by the rotary drive 21 or by a rotary movement initiated by the drive 20 about the shaft 23. With the pivot lever 49, a drive 19 and a shaft 50 which can be driven by it are ver bound to which the charging cradle 9 is positively connected.
  • the drives of the straightening system of barrel weapon 13 and armored turret 3, 4 as well as the drives of the automatic loader are preferably equipped with hydraulic drive units, which particularly advantageously results in small space-saving assemblies (cylinders, motors) with high output.
  • a non-flammable liquid can be used as the transmission medium.

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