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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2022
Rheinmetall Air Defence Ag, Zurich, CH;
Christian Dombeck, Lauchringen, DE;
RHEINMETALL AIR DEFENCE AG, Zurich, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an ammunition feed () for a gun barrel, in particular of an armoured vehicle, having at least one magazine and a rammer (), the gun barrel having a loading space, it being possible for an ammunition () to be introduced from the magazine into the loading space by means of the rammer (), and it being possible for an ammunition () to be led out of the loading space into the magazine by means of the rammer (). An ammunition () can be guided out of a loading space particularly quickly and reliably by means of the ammunition feed (), in that a pawl () is arranged movably on an end of the rammer () facing the cartridge, the pawl () being positionable in an engagement position () in order to guide the ammunition () out of the loading space into the magazine, the pawl () being arranged in a recess () of the ammunition () in the engagement position (), the ammunition feed () being designed as an automatic ammunition feed (), a control device being provided, the control device being connected in terms of control technology to at least one actuator of the rammer () and at least one actuator of the pawl (), a type of ammunition being automatically selected on the basis of data of automatic target detection and/or automatic target recognition, by means of which a high probability of hitting and destruction of a target to be combated can be achieved.