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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred C Maynard, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41A / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 45 ; 89 47 ;
Abstract
An autoloader, affixed to a large caliber gun for movement therewith in azimuth and elevation, includes a rammer mounted by a parallel arm linkage mechanism for controlled movement between a lower loading position and an elevated ramming position. While in the loading position, ammunition rounds are singularly released from an ammunition clip to roll by gravity onto a rammer tray for transport to the ramming position. A chain driven ramming pawl then drives the round into the gun breech. A side flap automatically opens to admit a round loaded into the tray and then closes to confine the round on the tray during transport.