Heckler and Koch Gmbh

Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh

Alfred Kärcher Gmbh Co. Kg

Mathias Braun

Ernst Wössner

Gilles Troff

Eduard Balthes

Andreas Van De Ven

Stephan Wild

Alexander BRÄNDLE

Jürgen Walz

Stefan Vetter

In a self-loading grenade thrower, the components or cartridges (1, 1') of which are enclosed in each instance by an annular belt member (7), each belt member (7) is provided with bulges (15, 17) lying opposite one another, which are traversed in each case by an opening (11, 11'). The adjacent openings (11, 11') of the two belt members (7) are joined articulately with one another by a connecting member (9) which traverses these openings and has on both ends an enlarged or thickened portion (23, 25) which retains its belt member. To the openings (11, 11') of the two bulges (15, 17) there are assigned two rest paths (13, 13') which are open toward an edge of the belt member (7) and the width of which is such that the connecting member (9) can be released from the opening (11) under gentle bending open or flexing of the corresponding rest path (13) by the axial, mutual shifting of two adjacent cartridges (11, 11'11''), regardless of the direction. Preferably the enlarged portions are received untwistably in the bulges and joined with one another by a joint shaft which is articulately bendable about an axis parallel to the cartridges.

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Mathias Braun