Rheinmetall Air Defence Ag

Thomas Strebel Marzano

Gerhard Stolz

A feeding device for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup for an automatic loading system of a gun, including: a housing, a loading opening and a radially opening ammunition cup. An ammunition can be inserted into the ammunition cup in the radial direction through the cup opening The feeding device includes a carriage and a holding device. The holding device is designed to move in a first position to be loaded and unloaded with the ammunition and is adapted to transfer the ammunition arranged in the holding device to the ammunition cup in a second position to take the ammunition arranged in the ammunition cup out of the ammunition cup, wherein the carriage can be guided through the loading opening during the movement from the first position into the second position or vice versa.

Feeding device for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup for an automatic gun loading system

A feeding device for an automatic loading system. The feeding device has a plurality of containers, each for receiving one object, and at least one actuator for opening and closing the containers. Each container has one slider and two shell segments arranged pivotably on a holder. The shell segments are pivoted back and forth in a functionally effective manner between a release position and a holding position by linear displacement of the slider. The slider is actuated by releasable contact with the actuator, and/or the slide acts on the shell segments via a control surface and a control element interacting with the control surface. The control element moves along the control surface when the slide is displaced linearly.

Feeding device, in particular ammunition feed of a cannon, having a plurality of containers for receiving one object each, in particular a military active body

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Birmenstorf, Switzerland

Thomas Strebel Marzano