US3501996A - Magazine for guns built into armoured cupolas - Google Patents

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US3501996A
US3501996A US610429A US3501996DA US3501996A US 3501996 A US3501996 A US 3501996A US 610429 A US610429 A US 610429A US 3501996D A US3501996D A US 3501996DA US 3501996 A US3501996 A US 3501996A
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Herbert Lipp
Adolf Nordmann
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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
    • F41A9/61—Magazines
    • F41A9/64—Magazines for unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/76—Magazines having an endless-chain conveyor
US610429A 1966-01-26 1967-01-19 Magazine for guns built into armoured cupolas Expired - Lifetime US3501996A (en)

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DER42487A DE1301742B (de) 1966-01-26 1966-01-26 Magazin fuer in Panzerkuppeln eingebaute Geschuetze

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BE (1) BE693050A (xx)
CH (1) CH471363A (xx)
DE (1) DE1301742B (xx)
FR (1) FR1508694A (xx)
GB (1) GB1140483A (xx)
NL (1) NL6700882A (xx)
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US3683743A (en) * 1969-08-01 1972-08-15 Stoner Eugen Morrison Linkless cartridge feed system
US3687003A (en) * 1969-05-08 1972-08-29 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Armored turret with dual feed means
US3724324A (en) * 1969-07-30 1973-04-03 Rheinmetall Gmbh Gun built into an armored turret with a rotating magazine
US3855899A (en) * 1971-04-06 1974-12-24 Thomson Csf Loading device for a multibarrel weapon
US4604941A (en) * 1981-09-23 1986-08-12 Rheinmetall Gmbh Emergency chambering device
US4619181A (en) * 1984-03-13 1986-10-28 Rheinmetall Gmbh Ammunition and magazine for an automatic loading arrangement
US4700609A (en) * 1985-10-04 1987-10-20 Fmc Corporation Autoloader for military vehicle
US4763559A (en) * 1983-10-21 1988-08-16 Creusot-Loire Industrie Device for feeding and loading a weapon with ammunitions in any direction and any elevation
US4823676A (en) * 1985-10-04 1989-04-25 Fmc Corporation Autoloader for military vehicle
US4823675A (en) * 1986-08-09 1989-04-25 Kuka Wehrtechnik Gmbh Apparatus for loading guns, particularly tank howitzers
US4836085A (en) * 1987-01-22 1989-06-06 Rheinmetall Gmbh Magazine arrangement for a tank
US4860633A (en) * 1985-10-04 1989-08-29 Fmc Corporation Autoloader for military vehicle
US4873911A (en) * 1988-11-21 1989-10-17 General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. Double loop ammunition magazine of compact construction
US4885976A (en) * 1987-08-03 1989-12-12 Rheinmetall Gmbh Magazine chain for ammunition
US4989494A (en) * 1988-10-12 1991-02-05 Aktiebolaget Bofors Feed device incorporated in a tank
US5131315A (en) * 1990-12-24 1992-07-21 General Electric Company Magazine conveyor for large caliber ammunition
US5151556A (en) * 1990-12-24 1992-09-29 General Electric Company Propellant magazine for field artillery piece
US5212338A (en) * 1991-07-05 1993-05-18 General Electric Co. Ammunition transfer apparatus for uploading and downloading a magazine
US5259290A (en) * 1991-08-08 1993-11-09 Rheinmetall Gmbh Ammunition container
US5945624A (en) * 1997-09-03 1999-08-31 Rheinmetall W&M Gmbh Ammunition magazine for large-caliber ammunition
US6065385A (en) * 1998-01-14 2000-05-23 General Dynamics Armament Systems, Inc. Bucket carrier for molded solid propellant storage magazine
US6073534A (en) * 1998-01-14 2000-06-13 General Dynamics Armament Systems, Inc. Transfer mechanism and method for uploading and downloading propellant charges and projectiles
WO2008104798A1 (en) * 2007-03-01 2008-09-04 Bryan Nigel Victor Parsons Chain system
US20160025446A1 (en) * 2014-07-23 2016-01-28 Maruzen Company Limited Cartridge for air gun
RU2783327C1 (ru) * 2022-04-12 2022-11-11 Российская Федерация, от имени которой выступает Министерство обороны Российской Федерации Магазин питания автоматической пушки

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DE3208169A1 (de) * 1982-03-06 1983-09-22 Krauss-Maffei AG, 8000 München Munitionsfoerdervorrichtung
DE3517056A1 (de) * 1985-05-11 1986-11-13 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Vorrichtung zum ummunitionieren von patronierter munition aus einem wannen- in ein turmmagazin
AT385594B (de) * 1985-10-03 1988-04-25 Steyr Daimler Puch Ag Einrichtung zum versorgen der kanone eines panzerfahrzeuges mit munition
CH667718A5 (de) * 1985-11-26 1988-10-31 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Patronenzufuehrvorrichtung an einer automatischen feuerwaffe.
CH670698A5 (en) * 1986-07-16 1989-06-30 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Chain type cartridge belt for automatic firearm - has cartridges supported by pairs of rods connected to chain links between hinge pins
DE3719020C1 (en) * 1987-06-06 1988-11-24 Krupp Mak Maschb Gmbh Ammunition magazine
DE3921767A1 (de) * 1989-07-01 1991-01-10 Rheinmetall Gmbh Treibladungsanzuendermagazin mit schrittweisem antrieb
CA2070510A1 (en) * 1991-07-12 1993-01-13 Keith Edward Lawrence Apparatus for autoloading tank cannons
DE19644524C2 (de) 1996-10-26 2002-06-13 Rheinmetall Landsysteme Gmbh Geschützturm für Panzerfahrzeuge

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FR361753A (fr) * 1905-09-06 1906-10-30 Etienne Charles Louis Marzari Perfectionnements apportés aux norias servant au hissage des munitions des canons et autres objets quelconques
US2437425A (en) * 1945-12-19 1948-03-09 United Shoe Machinery Corp Ammunition container
US2464920A (en) * 1947-01-27 1949-03-22 United Shoe Machinery Corp Rocket launcher
US2908200A (en) * 1956-01-01 1959-10-13 Mach Tool Works Oerlikon Magazine rocket projectors
US3101647A (en) * 1952-04-04 1963-08-27 United Shoe Machinery Corp Ammunition handling apparatus
US3170372A (en) * 1957-06-03 1965-02-23 Arthur J Stauton Loader and magazine mechanism

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US3075434A (en) * 1952-08-27 1963-01-29 Jean W Hickman Ammunition transfer mechanism
US3169445A (en) * 1957-06-03 1965-02-16 Arthur J Stanton Magazine mechanism

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FR361753A (fr) * 1905-09-06 1906-10-30 Etienne Charles Louis Marzari Perfectionnements apportés aux norias servant au hissage des munitions des canons et autres objets quelconques
US2437425A (en) * 1945-12-19 1948-03-09 United Shoe Machinery Corp Ammunition container
US2464920A (en) * 1947-01-27 1949-03-22 United Shoe Machinery Corp Rocket launcher
US3101647A (en) * 1952-04-04 1963-08-27 United Shoe Machinery Corp Ammunition handling apparatus
US2908200A (en) * 1956-01-01 1959-10-13 Mach Tool Works Oerlikon Magazine rocket projectors
US3170372A (en) * 1957-06-03 1965-02-23 Arthur J Stauton Loader and magazine mechanism

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3687003A (en) * 1969-05-08 1972-08-29 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Armored turret with dual feed means
US3724324A (en) * 1969-07-30 1973-04-03 Rheinmetall Gmbh Gun built into an armored turret with a rotating magazine
US3683743A (en) * 1969-08-01 1972-08-15 Stoner Eugen Morrison Linkless cartridge feed system
US3855899A (en) * 1971-04-06 1974-12-24 Thomson Csf Loading device for a multibarrel weapon
US4604941A (en) * 1981-09-23 1986-08-12 Rheinmetall Gmbh Emergency chambering device
US4763559A (en) * 1983-10-21 1988-08-16 Creusot-Loire Industrie Device for feeding and loading a weapon with ammunitions in any direction and any elevation
US4619181A (en) * 1984-03-13 1986-10-28 Rheinmetall Gmbh Ammunition and magazine for an automatic loading arrangement
US4700609A (en) * 1985-10-04 1987-10-20 Fmc Corporation Autoloader for military vehicle
US4823676A (en) * 1985-10-04 1989-04-25 Fmc Corporation Autoloader for military vehicle
US4860633A (en) * 1985-10-04 1989-08-29 Fmc Corporation Autoloader for military vehicle
US4823675A (en) * 1986-08-09 1989-04-25 Kuka Wehrtechnik Gmbh Apparatus for loading guns, particularly tank howitzers
US4836085A (en) * 1987-01-22 1989-06-06 Rheinmetall Gmbh Magazine arrangement for a tank
US4885976A (en) * 1987-08-03 1989-12-12 Rheinmetall Gmbh Magazine chain for ammunition
US4989494A (en) * 1988-10-12 1991-02-05 Aktiebolaget Bofors Feed device incorporated in a tank
US4873911A (en) * 1988-11-21 1989-10-17 General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. Double loop ammunition magazine of compact construction
US5131315A (en) * 1990-12-24 1992-07-21 General Electric Company Magazine conveyor for large caliber ammunition
US5151556A (en) * 1990-12-24 1992-09-29 General Electric Company Propellant magazine for field artillery piece
US5212338A (en) * 1991-07-05 1993-05-18 General Electric Co. Ammunition transfer apparatus for uploading and downloading a magazine
US5259290A (en) * 1991-08-08 1993-11-09 Rheinmetall Gmbh Ammunition container
US5945624A (en) * 1997-09-03 1999-08-31 Rheinmetall W&M Gmbh Ammunition magazine for large-caliber ammunition
US6065385A (en) * 1998-01-14 2000-05-23 General Dynamics Armament Systems, Inc. Bucket carrier for molded solid propellant storage magazine
US6073534A (en) * 1998-01-14 2000-06-13 General Dynamics Armament Systems, Inc. Transfer mechanism and method for uploading and downloading propellant charges and projectiles
WO2008104798A1 (en) * 2007-03-01 2008-09-04 Bryan Nigel Victor Parsons Chain system
US20160025446A1 (en) * 2014-07-23 2016-01-28 Maruzen Company Limited Cartridge for air gun
US9612081B2 (en) * 2014-07-23 2017-04-04 Maruzen Company Limited Cartridge for air gun
RU2783327C1 (ru) * 2022-04-12 2022-11-11 Российская Федерация, от имени которой выступает Министерство обороны Российской Федерации Магазин питания автоматической пушки

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DE1301742B (de) 1969-08-21
SE314927B (xx) 1969-09-15
GB1140483A (en) 1969-01-22
CH471363A (de) 1969-04-15
BE693050A (xx) 1967-07-03
NL6700882A (xx) 1967-07-27
FR1508694A (fr) 1968-01-05

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