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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1982
George J Stubbs, Bexley Heath, GB;
Abstract
A gravity operated shell feed apparatus for a turret-mounted gun comprises two stacks of downwardly sloping magazine racks, from the lower ends of which shell may be singly released to roll into an appropriately positioned collection tray which is then angularly deflected in a vertical plane so as to transfer the shell to a ramming tray for delivery to a ramming position at the gun, the whole sequence being manually controlled by means of a single operating lever. The apparatus is designed for a fixed loading position thereby avoiding the necessity of sweeping the feed apparatus at high speed through a large volume of turret space, and using instead the elevating gear of the gun to sweep the balanced elevating mass through a smaller turret volume at a proportionately lower speed, in a region less hazardous to the gun crew.