ES439300A3 - A system of storage and feeding of ammunition for automatic firearms. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

An ammunition storage and feeding system for automatic firearms having a cartridge receiving opening, comprising: a rotating element located adjacent to the weapon, a plurality of radial chambers in said element, which extend axially and which are circumferentially spaced, which are opened at one end of said element, said ammunition combs cameras receiving the multi-cartridge type, said open ends of said cameras being selectively assigned to a position aligned with the receiving opening of said cartridge and said organs; located in said chambers, operable, intended to take out the cartridges stored in said chambers outside the drum and insert them through the cartridge receiving opening, when they are operated, said cartridges including a plurality of feeding pawls pressed by said cartridges. Spring action, mounted s in a forward slide in said chamber, each chamber having an individual advance slide, at least one feed ratchet of said advance slide for each of the cartridges received in the said multi-cartridge combs, and being axially movable inside from said chamber said advancement slide; and means for selectively moving said feed slide, whereby said feed pawls act against the said cartridges to move them when the said feed slide moves. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)