EP0418462B1 - Propellant charge partitioner for a variable amount loading tray - Google Patents

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EP0418462B1
EP0418462B1 EP90107795A EP90107795A EP0418462B1 EP 0418462 B1 EP0418462 B1 EP 0418462B1 EP 90107795 A EP90107795 A EP 90107795A EP 90107795 A EP90107795 A EP 90107795A EP 0418462 B1 EP0418462 B1 EP 0418462B1
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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
    • F41A9/20—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines sliding, e.g. reciprocating
    • F41A9/22—Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines sliding, e.g. reciprocating in a horizontal direction
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a propellant charge portioner according to the features specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • module-like propellant charge elements are pushed one after the other from a storage position into a charging cradle by a hydraulically actuated shifting device and then swiveled up from the charging cradle into a position ready for insertion behind the weapon barrel for the loading process of a barrel weapon.
  • the propellant charge modules which can be introduced one after the other in the longitudinal direction disadvantageously result in a comparatively large loading time of the propellant charge shell which opposes an increase in cadence.
  • DE 34 37 588 A1 discloses a charging arm of a tubular weapon which is fixedly mounted about a shield pin and which, on the one hand, can also accommodate propellant charge modules in different numbers directly from a propellant charge magazine in the axial direction and on the other hand in the transverse direction.
  • the supply of the propellant charge modules is determined here by the shape of the propellant charge magazine, an embodiment of the propellant charge magazine as a shaft magazine with transverse division requiring a lever mechanism integrated within the magazine, as a result of which the propellant charge modules located in the magazine shafts arranged transversely to the charging cradle can be conveyed directly into the charging cradle.
  • the propellant charging modules also have to be successively shifted into the charging cradle.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a propellant charge portioner which, regardless of the magazine, allows a quantity of propellant charge modules which is always simultaneously variable to be fed into a charging cradle.
  • the portioner according to the invention forms an automatic transfer station for the propellant charge modules, which transfer station is detached from a propellant charge magazine and which advantageously take up propellant charge modules from various types of magazine, for example drum, tape, chain, bulk goods or shaft magazines, and at the same time a propellant charge set consisting of one or n propellant charge modules can pass.
  • each propellant charge module located in the portioner can be individually driven individually by a cross slide and thus a variable-quantity propellant charge set can be transversely displaced in the charging cradle behind the weapon barrel for further transport.
  • a constant, short loading time for the charging cradle is achieved, independent of magazine-specific feed speeds of the propellant charge modules.
  • the portioners 10, 12 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are arranged opposite to a transport device 18 which is preferably operatively connected to a propellant charge magazine, not shown, in the direction of displacement 16 of the propellant charge modules 14 and a charging tray 20 which can be pivoted about a transfer arm 42.
  • the transfer arm 42 is rotatably mounted about a shield pin axis 44 of a weapon barrel (not shown), while the portioner 10, 12 and the propellant charge magazine can be attached directly to a tank tower (not shown).
  • the portioners 10, 12 shown each contain a housing 28, 30 which is U-shaped in the longitudinal direction 16 for receiving the propellant charge modules 14 and is open on the side 32 facing the charging cradle 20.
  • the portioner 10 shown in FIG. 1 contains on the back of its housing 28 a plurality of sliders 26 which can be moved in the transverse direction 24, one slider in each case being assigned to a propellant charge module 14 and thereby different amounts of propellant charge 15 varying in length at the same time and briefly and thus determining the cadence the charging cradle 20 can be supplied.
  • a drive 34 for example a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit
  • the individually drivable Sliders 26 are also stably supported in a bearing 27 outside the portioner 10.
  • a slide surface 29 which is adapted to the length and the diameter of a propellant charge module 14 is arranged for a gentle transverse displacement of the propellant charge modules 14.
  • the propellant charge modules 14 are fed to the portioner 10 on one side in the axial direction 16, for which purpose the device 18 contains a propellant charge collecting channel 19 which is not shown in operative connection with the propellant charge magazine and a slide 38 for displacing the propellant charge modules 14 taken over from the magazine in the collecting channel 19.
  • This slide 38 is arranged transversely to the collecting trough 19 and encloses on the outer side as a nut a threaded spindle 40 belonging to a screw drive.
  • This threaded spindle is connected in a manner not shown to a geared motor and a brake, which advantageously results in a high space-saving and robust construction Positioning accuracy of the propellant charge modules when feeding into the positioner 10, 12 can be achieved.
  • the threaded spindle 40 is preferably rotatably mounted over a wall 41 of the magazine (not shown), while the slide 38 is guided in a longitudinal groove 35 in the wall 41.
  • a partition door 36 is mounted in the wall 41 transversely to the direction of displacement 16 of the propellant charge modules 14 .
  • the bulkhead door 36 is chamfered in the front region 37, as a result of which it can be pushed gently between the propellant charge modules 14 and limit the quantity of propellant charge modules 14 to be accommodated for the portioner 10.
  • the propellant charge shell 20 is also U-shaped and lies with its open longitudinal side 21 directly opposite the open longitudinal side 32 of the portioner 10.
  • the closed rear side of the propellant charge shell 20 is connected via a web 25 to a bearing 43 arranged on the transfer arm 42 and can thereby be pivoted upward in the direction 45 around the transfer arm 42.
  • the transfer arm 42 which can be rotated about the shield pin axis 44, picks up the propellant charge modules 14 in the shortest possible loading time via the charging cradle 20 from the portioner 10 and then swivels them, opposite to the direction 46, behind the weapon barrel for direct delivery into a weapon barrel cargo space, not shown.
  • two sliders 22 which can be driven in parallel in the manner described above are arranged on the portioner 12 and are connected on the inside of the portioner 12 via a single slide surface 33 corresponding to the length of the portioner 12.
  • the propellant charge modules 14 of the portioner 12 which are quantitatively predetermined in this case by a bulkhead door that can be moved in the vertical direction 47, are likewise briefly fed together to the charging cradle 20 via the slide surfaces 33.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Treibladungs-Portionierer nach den im Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1 angegebenen Merkmalen.The invention relates to a propellant charge portioner according to the features specified in the preamble of claim 1.

Bei einem derartigen aus der DE-PS 14 28 711 bekannten Portionierer werden von einer hydraulisch betätigbaren Verschiebevorrichtung modulartige Treibladungselemente aus einer Bevorratungsposition hintereinander in eine Ladeschale geschoben und anschließend für den Ladevorgang einer Rohrwaffe von der Ladeschale in eine einschubbereite Stellung hinter das Waffenrohr hochgeschwenkt. Bei längeren Treibladungsätzen entsteht durch die nacheinander in Längsrichtung in die Ladeschale einführbaren Treibladungsmodule nachteilig eine vergleichsweise große und einer Kadenzerhöhung entgegenstehende Beladezeit der Treibladungsschale.In such a portioner known from DE-PS 14 28 711, module-like propellant charge elements are pushed one after the other from a storage position into a charging cradle by a hydraulically actuated shifting device and then swiveled up from the charging cradle into a position ready for insertion behind the weapon barrel for the loading process of a barrel weapon. In the case of longer propellant charge sets, the propellant charge modules which can be introduced one after the other in the longitudinal direction disadvantageously result in a comparatively large loading time of the propellant charge shell which opposes an increase in cadence.

Aus der DE 34 37 588 A1 ist eine um einen Schildzapfen fest gelagerten Transferarm einer Rohrwaffe schwenkbare Ladeschale bekannt, die einerseits ebenfalls in Axialrichtung und andererseits in Querrichtung Treibladungsmodule in verschiedener Anzahl unmittelbar aus einem Treibladungsmagazin aufnehmen kann. Die Zuführung der Treibladungsmodule wird hier von der Form des Treibladungsmagazins bestimmt, wobei eine Ausführung des Treibladungsmagazins als Schachtmagazin mit Quereinteilung eine innerhalb des Magazins integrierte Hebelmechanik erfordert, wodurch die in den quer zur Ladeschale angeordneten Magazinschächten befindlichen Treibladungsmodule unmittelbar in die Ladeschale befördert werden können. Für die Zuführung der in den seitlich neben der Ladeschale angeordneten Magazinschächten befindlichen Treibladungsmodule in die Ladeschale müssen die Treibladungsmodule jedoch ebenfalls nacheinander in die Ladeschale verschoben werden.DE 34 37 588 A1 discloses a charging arm of a tubular weapon which is fixedly mounted about a shield pin and which, on the one hand, can also accommodate propellant charge modules in different numbers directly from a propellant charge magazine in the axial direction and on the other hand in the transverse direction. The supply of the propellant charge modules is determined here by the shape of the propellant charge magazine, an embodiment of the propellant charge magazine as a shaft magazine with transverse division requiring a lever mechanism integrated within the magazine, as a result of which the propellant charge modules located in the magazine shafts arranged transversely to the charging cradle can be conveyed directly into the charging cradle. For feeding the in the Propellant charge modules located laterally next to the charging cradle in the charging cradle, however, the propellant charging modules also have to be successively shifted into the charging cradle.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, einen Treibladungs-Portionierer bereitzustellen, der magazinunabhängig eine stets gleichzeitige mengenvariable Zuführung von Treibladungsmodulen in eine Ladeschale gestattet.The object of the invention is to provide a propellant charge portioner which, regardless of the magazine, allows a quantity of propellant charge modules which is always simultaneously variable to be fed into a charging cradle.

Gelöst wird diese Aufgabe durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Patentanspruchs 1 angegebenen Merkmale.This object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of patent claim 1.

Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen und Weiterbildungen der Erfindung gehen aus den Merkmalen der Unteransprüche hervor.Advantageous refinements and developments of the invention emerge from the features of the subclaims.

Der erfindungsgemäße Portionierer bildet eine selbsttätige von einem Treibladungsmagazin losgelöste Übergabestation der Treibladungsmodule, die vorteilhaft wahlweise Treibladungsmodule aus artverschiedenen Magazinen, beispielsweise aus Trommel-, Band-, Ketten-, Schüttgut- oder Schachtmagazinen aufnehmen und gleichzeitig einen aus einem bis n Treibladungsmodulen bestehenden Treibladungssatz einer Ladungsschale übergeben kann.The portioner according to the invention forms an automatic transfer station for the propellant charge modules, which transfer station is detached from a propellant charge magazine and which advantageously take up propellant charge modules from various types of magazine, for example drum, tape, chain, bulk goods or shaft magazines, and at the same time a propellant charge set consisting of one or n propellant charge modules can pass.

In weiter vorteilhafter Weise kann jedes im Portionierer befindliche Treibladungsmodul einzeln von einem Querschieber individuell angetrieben und somit ein mengenvariabler Treibladungssatz auf kürzestem Wege in die Ladeschale für den Weitertransport hinter das Waffenrohr quer verschoben werden. Dadurch wird losgelöst von magazinspezifischen Vorschubgeschwindigkeiten der Treibladungsmodule eine gleichbleibend kurzzeitige Beladezeit für die Ladeschale erreicht.In a further advantageous manner, each propellant charge module located in the portioner can be individually driven individually by a cross slide and thus a variable-quantity propellant charge set can be transversely displaced in the charging cradle behind the weapon barrel for further transport. As a result, a constant, short loading time for the charging cradle is achieved, independent of magazine-specific feed speeds of the propellant charge modules.

Die Erfindung wird anhand zweier in den Figuren dargestellter Ausführungsbeispiele des näheren erläutert.The invention is explained in more detail with reference to two exemplary embodiments shown in the figures.

Es zeigt:

Figur 1:
einen Portionierer mit einem individuellen Querverschub der aufgenommenen Treibladungsmodule;
Figur 2:
einen Portionierer mit einem gemeinsamen Querverschub vorportionierter Treibladungsmodule.
It shows:
Figure 1:
a scoop with an individual transverse displacement of the propellant charge modules;
Figure 2:
a scoop with a common transverse displacement of pre-portioned propellant charge modules.

Die in den Figuren 1 und 2 dargestellten Portionierer 10, 12 sind gegenüber einer vorzugsweise mit einem nicht dargestellten Treibladungsmagazin in Wirkverbindung stehenden Transportvorrichtung 18 in der Verschieberichtung 16 der Treibladungsmodule 14 und einer um einen Transferarm 42 schwenkbaren Ladeschale 20 gegenüberliegend angeordnet. Der Transferarm 42 ist um eine Schildzapfenachse 44 eines nicht dargestellten Waffenrohres drehbar gelagert, während der Portionierer 10, 12 und das Treibladungsmagazin unmittelbar an einem nicht dargestellten Panzerturm befestigt sein können.The portioners 10, 12 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are arranged opposite to a transport device 18 which is preferably operatively connected to a propellant charge magazine, not shown, in the direction of displacement 16 of the propellant charge modules 14 and a charging tray 20 which can be pivoted about a transfer arm 42. The transfer arm 42 is rotatably mounted about a shield pin axis 44 of a weapon barrel (not shown), while the portioner 10, 12 and the propellant charge magazine can be attached directly to a tank tower (not shown).

Die dargestellten Portionierer 10, 12 enthalten jeweils ein in Längsrichtung 16 U-förmig ausgebildetes Gehäuse 28, 30 zur Aufnahme der Treibladungsmodule 14, das an der zur Ladeschale 20 weisenden Seite 32 geöffnet ist.The portioners 10, 12 shown each contain a housing 28, 30 which is U-shaped in the longitudinal direction 16 for receiving the propellant charge modules 14 and is open on the side 32 facing the charging cradle 20.

Der in der Figur 1 dargestellte Portionierer 10 enthält auf der Rückseite seines Gehäuses 28 eine Vielzahl von in Querrichtung 24 bewegbaren Schiebern 26, wobei jeweils ein Schieber einem Treibladungsmodul 14 zugeordnet ist und dadurch mengenvariabel in der Länge unterschiedliche Treibladungssätze 15 gleich- und kurzzeitig und somit kadenzbestimmend der Ladeschale 20 zugeführt werden können. Im Ausführungsbeispiel der Figur 1 sind vier von sechs dargestellten Schiebern 26 von jeweils einem andeutungsweise dargestellten Antrieb 34, beispielsweise einer hydraulischen Kolbenzylindereinheit, zur Beladung der Ladeschale 20 sicher, gleichzeitig und schnell quer verschoben worden. Die jeweils individuell antreibbaren Schieber 26 sind außerhalb des Portionierers 10 zusätzlich jeweils in einem Lager 27 stabil gelagert. An jedem in das Gehäuse 28 hineinragenden Ende eines Schiebers 26 ist für einen schonenden Querverschub der Treibladungsmodule 14 jeweils eine der Länge und dem Durchmesser eines Treibladungsmoduls 14 angepaßte Schieberfläche 29 angeordnet.The portioner 10 shown in FIG. 1 contains on the back of its housing 28 a plurality of sliders 26 which can be moved in the transverse direction 24, one slider in each case being assigned to a propellant charge module 14 and thereby different amounts of propellant charge 15 varying in length at the same time and briefly and thus determining the cadence the charging cradle 20 can be supplied. In the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 1, four of six sliders 26, each of which is indicated by a drive 34, for example a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit, have been safely, simultaneously and quickly moved laterally for loading the charging cradle 20. The individually drivable Sliders 26 are also stably supported in a bearing 27 outside the portioner 10. At each end of a slide 26 protruding into the housing 28, a slide surface 29 which is adapted to the length and the diameter of a propellant charge module 14 is arranged for a gentle transverse displacement of the propellant charge modules 14.

Die Treibladungsmodule 14 werden dem Portionierer 10 einseitig in axialer Richtung 16 zugeführt, wozu die Vorrichtung 18 eine in nicht dargestellter Weise mit dem Treibladungsmagazin in Wirkverbindung stehende Treibladungssammelrinne 19 und einen Schieber 38 zum Verschieben der in der Sammelrinne 19 von dem Magazin übernommenen Treibladungsmodule 14 enthält. Dieser Schieber 38 ist quer zur Sammelrinne 19 angeordnet und umschließt auf der außenliegenden Seite als Mutter eine zur einem Gewindetrieb gehörende Gewindespindel 40. Diese Gewindespindel ist in nicht dargestellter Weise mit einem Getriebemotor und einer Bremse verbunden, wodurch vorteilhaft neben einer raumsparenden und robusten Bauweise eine hohe Positioniergenauigkeit der Treibladungsmodule beim Zuführen in den Positionierer 10, 12 erzielbar ist. Die Gewindespindel 40 ist im dargestellten Beispiel vorzugsweise über eine Wand 41 des nicht dargestellten Magazins drehbar gelagert, während der Schieber 38 in einer Längsnute 35 der Wand 41 geführt wird.The propellant charge modules 14 are fed to the portioner 10 on one side in the axial direction 16, for which purpose the device 18 contains a propellant charge collecting channel 19 which is not shown in operative connection with the propellant charge magazine and a slide 38 for displacing the propellant charge modules 14 taken over from the magazine in the collecting channel 19. This slide 38 is arranged transversely to the collecting trough 19 and encloses on the outer side as a nut a threaded spindle 40 belonging to a screw drive. This threaded spindle is connected in a manner not shown to a geared motor and a brake, which advantageously results in a high space-saving and robust construction Positioning accuracy of the propellant charge modules when feeding into the positioner 10, 12 can be achieved. In the example shown, the threaded spindle 40 is preferably rotatably mounted over a wall 41 of the magazine (not shown), while the slide 38 is guided in a longitudinal groove 35 in the wall 41.

Damit die über ein Verbindungrohr 31 von der Sammelrinne 19 in den Portionierer 10 verschiebbaren Treibladungsmodule 14 gegenüber dem Treibladungsmagazin bzw. den auf der Sammelrinne 19 befindlichen Treibladungsmodulen 14 abgeschottet werden können, ist quer zur Verschieberichtung 16 der Treibladungsmodule 14 in der Wand 41 eine Schottür 36 gelagert. Die Schottür 36 ist im vorderen Bereich 37 angeschrägt, wodurch sie schonend zwischen die Treibladungsmodule 14 geschoben und eine mengenmäßige Begrenzung der für den Portionierer 10 aufzunehmenden Treibladungsmodule 14 durchführen kann.So that the propellant charge modules 14, which can be displaced from the collecting trough 19 into the portioner 10 via a connecting pipe 31, can be sealed off from the propellant charge magazine or the propellant charge modules 14 located on the collecting trough 19, a partition door 36 is mounted in the wall 41 transversely to the direction of displacement 16 of the propellant charge modules 14 . The bulkhead door 36 is chamfered in the front region 37, as a result of which it can be pushed gently between the propellant charge modules 14 and limit the quantity of propellant charge modules 14 to be accommodated for the portioner 10.

Die Treibladungsschale 20 ist ebenfalls U-förmig ausgebildet und liegt mit ihrer offenen Längsseite 21 der offenen Längsseite 32 des Portionierers 10 unmittelbar gegenüber. Die geschlossene Rückseite der Treibladungsschale 20 ist über einen Steg 25 mit einem auf dem Transferarm 42 angeordneten Lager 43 verbunden und dadurch in die Richtung 45 um den Transferarm 42 hochschwenkbar. Der um die Schildzapfenachse 44 drehbare Transferarm 42 nimmt in der heruntergeschwenkten Stellung die Treibladungsmodule 14 in kürzester Beladezeit über die Ladeschale 20 von dem Portionierer 10 auf und schwenkt sie anschließend, der Richtung 46 entgegengesetzt, hinter das Waffenrohr zur unmittelbaren Zuführung in einen nicht dargestellten Waffenrohrladungsraum.The propellant charge shell 20 is also U-shaped and lies with its open longitudinal side 21 directly opposite the open longitudinal side 32 of the portioner 10. The closed rear side of the propellant charge shell 20 is connected via a web 25 to a bearing 43 arranged on the transfer arm 42 and can thereby be pivoted upward in the direction 45 around the transfer arm 42. The transfer arm 42, which can be rotated about the shield pin axis 44, picks up the propellant charge modules 14 in the shortest possible loading time via the charging cradle 20 from the portioner 10 and then swivels them, opposite to the direction 46, behind the weapon barrel for direct delivery into a weapon barrel cargo space, not shown.

Bei dem in der Figur 2 dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel sind an dem Portionierer 12 zwei parallel in der vorbeschriebenen Weise antreibbare Schieber 22 angeordnet, die auf der Innenseite des Portionierers 12 über eine einzige der Länge des Portionierers 12 entsprechende Schieberfläche 33 verbunden sind. Die in diesem Fall durch eine in senkrechte Richtung 47 bewegbare Schottür mengenmäßig vorbestimmten Treibladungsmodule 14 des Portionierers 12, werden über die Schieberflächen 33 gemeinsam der Ladeschale 20 ebenfalls kurzzeitig zugeführt.

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In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, two sliders 22 which can be driven in parallel in the manner described above are arranged on the portioner 12 and are connected on the inside of the portioner 12 via a single slide surface 33 corresponding to the length of the portioner 12. The propellant charge modules 14 of the portioner 12, which are quantitatively predetermined in this case by a bulkhead door that can be moved in the vertical direction 47, are likewise briefly fed together to the charging cradle 20 via the slide surfaces 33.
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  1. Propellant charge apportioning apparatus for a quantitatively variable loadable loading tray (20) with a device (18) which can convey propellant charge modules (14) in an axial direction (16), characterised by the following features:
    (a) The apportioning apparatus (10,12) is positioned opposite the device (18) in the direction of axial displacement (16) of the propellant charge modules (14) and opposite the loading tray (20);
    (b) the apportioning apparatus (10,12) contains at least one slide device (22,26) which can feed a certain number of the propellant charge modules (14) simultaneously in the transverse direction (24) into the loading tray (20).
  2. Propellant charge apportioning apparatus in accordance with Claim 1, characterised by slide devices (26) by which a number of propellant charge modules (14) corresponding to the maximum number of propellant charge modules (14) present in the propellant charge apportioning apparatus (10) are moved in the transverse direction (24), each slide device (26) being allocated to one propellant charge module (14).
  3. Propellant charge apportioning apparatus in accordance with Claims 1 and 2, characterised by a housing (28,30) which is U-shaped in the longitudinal direction (16) and of which the side (32) facing towards the loading tray (20) is open.
  4. Propellant charge apportioning apparatus in accordance with one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised by the fact that each slide device (26) is provided with its own driving means (34).
  5. Propellant charge apportioning apparatus in accordance with one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised by a partition door (36) movable between the device (18) and the apportioning apparatus (10,12) transverse to the axial displacement direction (16) of the propellant charge modules (14).
  6. Propellant charge apportioning apparatus in accordance with one of Claims 1 to 5, characterised by the fact that the transport device (18) contains a slide device (38) which, for the purpose of movement in the axial direction, is connected by a positive mechanical interlock with a rotatable threaded spindle (40).
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