US3724324A - Gun built into an armored turret with a rotating magazine - Google Patents

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US3724324A
US3724324A US00055345A US3724324DA US3724324A US 3724324 A US3724324 A US 3724324A US 00055345 A US00055345 A US 00055345A US 3724324D A US3724324D A US 3724324DA US 3724324 A US3724324 A US 3724324A
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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
    • F41A9/61—Magazines
    • F41A9/64—Magazines for unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/76—Magazines having an endless-chain conveyor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • 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
    • F41A9/04—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition

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  • ABSTRACT A gun built in an armored turret, particularly of ar- [30] Foreign Application Priority Data mored vehicles, with a magazine moving in an endless path and comprising tube-like containers for receiving July 30,1969 Germany ..P 19 38 681.3 ammunition and disposed parallel relative to each other, which comprises a plurality of containers "89/36 disposed parallel to the axis of the gun barrel. Means are provided for moving the containers in superposed [58] held of i g ig13 1 5 planes crosswise to the axis of the gun barrel behind the gun. A magazine is arranged and the gun barrel has a loading chamber. The magazine and the loading [56] References cued chamber chamber define a space therebetween, and a UNITED STATES PATENTS loading device is disposed in the space.
  • the present invention relates to guns built in armored turrets, in particular to armored vehicles with a magazine rotating in an endless path for mounting and feeding of ammunition.
  • a rotating magazine which consists of tube-like containers disposed parallel to each other and pivotally connected together, which magazine is disposed in the bow and in the tail, respectively, of the armored vehicle (German Patent No. 946,601).
  • German Patent No. 946,601 a comparatively small armored vehicle for an armored fight, which has no actual turret, in which is provided also the space for the gun operation.
  • the loading of the tubular weapon disposed in a rotatable dome takes place thereby manually from the inside of the vehicle through a hatch.
  • a fast filling of the magazine with ammunition is hereby obtained in an advantageous embodiment of the presentinvention such, that within the range of the rearward end side of the magazine in the turret wall one or a plurality of openings capable of being closed are provided for feeding the ammunition into the tube-like containers.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the present invention resides in an arrangement according to which the tube-like containers are connected at their end sides with transportation chains guided in guide-rails, and wherein the transportation chains and the guide-rails as well as the feeding openings are arranged such, that the containers of at least one plane for loading, and the containers of another plane within the range of the loading device for removal of the ammunition, are freely accessible.
  • This type of structure makes possible, in addition to a particularly favorable space exploitation, the acceleration of the loading process and thereby a high firing speed.
  • the containers can be secured at their end sides to the transportation chains by means of a rotary pin each, whereby the pins are secured diametrically opposite each other at the periphery of the containers and an additional guide-rail is provided on an end side of the magazine, for the guidance of two guide pins secured on a chord section on the periphery of the containers, such that the containers run always in the same position like a patemoster elevator.
  • the loading process of the gun can be accelerated in an advantageous embodiment by an automatic loading device, which consists of a tube displaceable into each other telescopic-like, as well as of a chain connector, known per se, disposed behind the magazine.
  • the magazine is disposed in a carrying frame and can swing out as a unit about a horizontal axis downwardly from the turret, whereby advantageously the base plate of the carrying frame forms simultaneously the bottom plate of the turrettail.
  • FIG. 1 is top plan view, partly in an axial section, of a turret of an armored vehicle with a gun and a magazine;
  • FIG. 2 is an axial section of a turret tail, disclosing a second embodiment thereof.
  • FIG. 3 is a section along the lines III--III of FIG. 2.
  • the device designed in accordance with the present invention comprises a turret l of an armored vehicle, which turret 1 is rotatable about a vertical axis.
  • a gun 2 is mounted in the forward end wall of the turret 1 by means of a roller feeder 3.
  • the gun 2 has a breech block 4, as well as a loading lever 5 disposed below and behind the same, by means of which the ammunition 7 taken from a magazine 6 is fed to the gun.
  • the rearward end side of the turret-tail is open and the magazine 6 is inserted into the opening.
  • the magazine 6 is arranged in a carrying frame 8, which is supported on a console 9provided in the turret wall.
  • the magazine 6 comprises tube-like containers 10, which move around parallel to each other and parallel to the bore axis of the gun barrel in superposed horizontal planes behind the gun 2.
  • the containers are secured for this purpose on endless conveyor chains 1 1 which are guided by guide rails 12 disposed in the carrying frame 8.
  • endless conveyor chains 1 1 which are guided by guide rails 12 disposed in the carrying frame 8.
  • the gun cartridges or also further ammunition can be stacked up.
  • openings 14 and 15 capable of being closed are provided in the range of the rearward end side of the magazine 6.
  • the magazine 6 is driven by a motor (not shown) operatively acting on the conveyor chains, by which the latter are movable continuously or intermittently.
  • the rear opening 14 forms furthermore an additional entrance hatch for the turret.
  • the magazine comprises likewise tube-like containers 17, which move in superposed horizontal planes crosswise to the bore axis behind the gun (not shown).
  • a loading device is provided, which consists of a telescoping tube 18.
  • the tube-like containers 17 are secured, at their end sides by means of a pivot pin each 19, to conveyor chains 21 guided in guide rails 20, whereby the pivot pins 19 are disposed diametrically opposite each other at the periphery of the containers 17.
  • the guide rails 20 and the conveyor chains 21 on the rearward end side of the magazine are set off relative to each other as to their height relative to those on the forward end side such, that the containers of the upper plane for the filling of the ammunition are freely accessible through an opening 23 which is capable of being closed by means of a flap 22 provided in the tail wall of the turret, and that the ammunition 24 can be fed from the containers of the lower plane directly to the loading device 18 and from here to the loading chamber of the gun barrel.
  • a further guide rail 25 is provided to guide two guide pins 26 secured to a chord section at the periphery of the containers 17.
  • the magazine is disposed in a carrying frame 27, which is secured to a bottom plate 28.
  • the bottom plate 28 forms simultaneously the bottom plate of the turret-tail and is secured to the turret by means of screw bolts 29.
  • screw bolts 29 Upon loosening of the screw bolts 29, the bottom plate 28 can swing out jointly with the magazine about an axle 30, on which the bottom plate 28 is pivoted, from the turret.
  • the loading process takes place by means of chain connectors of any suitable type, the connection head 31 of which is shown in FIG. 2.
  • a cartridge 24 is moved from the container 17 into the inner tube 18" of the telescoping tube 18, which consists of two tubes 18 and 18" displaceable into each other.
  • the cartridge is fed directly to the loading chamber of the gun barrel.
  • the telescoping tube 18 is displaceable crosswise to the bore axis, so that in case of particular requirements, the entire space between the magazine and the gun is available for the barrel recoil.
  • said gun barrel having a loading chamber
  • said magazine has a rearward end side, and includes at least one opening capable of being closed in the wall of said turret within the range of said rearward end side, at least one of said at least one opening being adapted to receive ammunition in the tubelike containers.
  • guide rails defining a guide path for said containers and guiding said transportation chains
  • said tube-like containers are connected at their end sides with said transportation chain,
  • said transportation chains, said guide rails, and said opening are arranged such, that said containers in at least one plane for loading, and said containers in at least one other plane within the range of said loading device for the removal of the ammunition, are freely accessible, respectively.
  • said containers are connected with said transportation chains by means of said pivot pins,
  • said pivot pins are secured diametrically opposite each other at the periphery of said containers, at a front and a back thereof, respectively,
  • an additional guide rail means is provided on an end side of said magazine for guiding said two guide pins secured to a chord section of the periphery of said containers, such that said containers are always in the same orientation as they move along said guide path.
  • said gun barrel having a loading chamber

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US4381693A (en) * 1979-07-27 1983-05-03 Hispano-Suiza Military equipment comprising a turret carrying an external large caliber gun
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US4481860A (en) * 1980-08-19 1984-11-13 Firma Keller And Knappich Wehrtechnik Gmbh Cartridge magazine for cannon mounted in tank turrets, especially armored car turrets
US4759254A (en) * 1983-02-23 1988-07-26 Rheinmetall Gmbh Weapon arrangement
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US4324169A (en) * 1976-11-19 1982-04-13 Wegmann U. Co. GmbH Main battletank turret
US4253376A (en) * 1979-05-24 1981-03-03 Ford Motor Company Termination accumulator
US4381693A (en) * 1979-07-27 1983-05-03 Hispano-Suiza Military equipment comprising a turret carrying an external large caliber gun
US4481860A (en) * 1980-08-19 1984-11-13 Firma Keller And Knappich Wehrtechnik Gmbh Cartridge magazine for cannon mounted in tank turrets, especially armored car turrets
US4438677A (en) * 1980-11-06 1984-03-27 Krauss-Maffei Aktiengesellschaft Munition-supply system for an armored vehicle weapon
US4388854A (en) * 1981-02-26 1983-06-21 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Ammunition storage and transfer mechanism
US4448107A (en) * 1981-04-01 1984-05-15 Krauss-Maffei Aktiengesellschaft Round-handling system for a mobile weapon
US4759254A (en) * 1983-02-23 1988-07-26 Rheinmetall Gmbh Weapon arrangement
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
US4928574A (en) * 1987-10-05 1990-05-29 Western Design Corporation Ammunition magazine system
US4939980A (en) * 1988-07-26 1990-07-10 Rheinmetall Gmbh Tank turret magazine system with a primary magazine and an additional magazine
US5170006A (en) * 1990-12-24 1992-12-08 General Electric Co. Propellant magazine for field artillery piece
US6679159B1 (en) 2002-10-31 2004-01-20 United Defense, L.P. Ammunition transfer system
US6752063B2 (en) 2002-10-31 2004-06-22 United Defense, L.P. Multiple cell ammunition cradle
US20070246585A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2007-10-25 Fellowes Inc. Shredder with thickness detector
US8215225B1 (en) * 2010-06-03 2012-07-10 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Large caliber autoloader
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