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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1984
Adolf P Bierwirth, Kaarst, DE;
Erich Zielinski, Haan, DE;
Rheinmetall GmbH, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A compact loading tray mechanism for loading an ammunition into a gun barrel weapon, preferably a tank cannon. The loading tray mechanism operates so as to prevent an impacting of the cartridge on the rear edge of the loading chamber of the weapon. A first lower loading tray is pivotally mounted on a first pivot arm at one of its ends which first pivot arm is in turn pivotally mounted on a non-recoiling part of the weapon at the other of its ends. A second upper loading tray is fixedly mounted on a second pivot arm at one of its ends which second pivot arm is in turn pivotally mounted at its other end on a non-recoiling part of the weapon. A crank drive is operatively connected to the first and second pivot arms for jointly pivoting them transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the gun barrel into a loading position in which the respective first and second loading trays form a quasi-extension of the gun barrel which extension forms a cylindrical passage whose internal diameter corresponds to the outer diameter of cartridge bottom. The crank drive also pivots jointly the first and second pivot arms into a folded down position which transversely laterally removed from their loading position.