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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2011
Adolf Schvartz, Haifa, IL;
Avner Koren, Manof, IL;
Shlomo Alkaher, Haifa, IL;
Elbit Systems Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Abstract
An ammunition magazine () contains an ammunition belt () of linked ammunition cartridges () to be fed into a machine gun (), the magazine () including a front opening (), enabling a leading end of the ammunition belt () to be accessible for feeding the machine gun () and for linking with a trailing end of another ammunition belt (), and a rear opening (), enabling a trailing end of the ammunition belt () to be accessible for linking with a leading end of another ammunition belt (). An arrangement of consecutive and adjacent ammunition magazines () allows movement of an ammunition belt () from the distal magazine () into the proximal magazine () towards the machine gun () during operation, enabling continuous feeding of ammunition belts () into the machine gun. An ammunition loading system for conveying ammunition between a magazine platform and a hull region, including a lifting mechanism () to lift an ammunition magazine into the magazine platform from the hull region.