Automatic charge magazine

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic charge magazine () for storage and handling of propellent powder charges of the modular charges and/or powder bag charges type, also termed increment charges (), for projectiles, for example shells, which are arranged in a fireable manner, together with the increment charges (), in an artillery gun, preferably of the vehicle-mounted artillery gun type, wherein the charge magazine () comprises a plurality of charge containers (″) arranged in a drivable revolving track, which charge containers (″) are arranged to assume feed-in and feed-out positions () for the feed-in and feed-out of at least one increment charge () to and from the charge containers (″). The invention can principally be deemed to be characterized in that the charge magazine () also comprises at least one ejection member (), which ejection member, in response to control signals (i) from the said control unit (), ejects one or more increment charges () from the respective charge container (″)/applied in the feed-out position, to a loading tray () belonging to the gun.