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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1989
Sven Lindberg, Degerfors, SE;
Aktiebolaget Bofors, Bofors, SE;
Abstract
A tank features magazines which hold ammunition units (3a, 3b) of different types. The feeding path includes discharge devices for discharging the ammunition units from the magazines, and a turntable (8) for receiving each respective ammunition unit discharged from the magazines and turning the ammunition unit to a traverse direction which coincides with a preset traverse direction for the gun of the tank. There are further included means for transferring each respective ammunition unit from the turntable to the ramming position in the gun. The turntable is provided with two carrier units (8a, 8b) for ammunition units. The carrier units are alternatingly movable into and out of the feeding path for the ammunition units. On feeding of the first type of ammunition unit (3a), the first unit operates in the feeding path, while the second unit is located outside the feeding path where it carries an ammunition unit (3b) of the second type. On switching from the one ammunition type to the other, the turntable is disposed to move the first carrier unit out of the feeding path and the second carrier unit into the feeding path.