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Ammunition handling system

  • US 4,474,102 A
  • Filed: 08/17/1981
  • Issued: 10/02/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An armament system comprising:

  • a gun adapted to rotate in train;

    means which is stationary in train for supplying ammunition; and

    orientation means, disposed between said gun and said ammunition supply means, and adapted to rotate in train as a function of the rotation in train of said gun;

    a train of rounds carriers passing from said supply means, through said orientation means, to said gun,each carrier coupled to the next adjacent carrier by a pivot means capable of unrestricted rotation, and each carrier carrying a respective round of ammunition;

    said orientation means intercepting and orienting each assembly of carrier and respective round by rotation of its respective pivot means to an orientation in train which is determined by the orientation in train of said gun;

    said gun and said orientation means rotate in train about a common axis of rotation; and

    said orientation means includes a nose cam with a high portion of said nose cam which includes;

    a mobile surface which is in continual oscillation through a plane of symmetry which includes said axis of rotation and which divides said single nose cam surface into two symmetrical portions whereby said high portion continually shifts from one side to the other into and out of symmetry.

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