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(11) EP 0 072 668 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.05.1983 Bulletin 1983/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.02.1983 Bulletin 1983/08

(21) Application number: 82304250

(22) Date of filing: 11.08.1982
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 17.08.1981 US 293818
17.08.1981 US 293817

(71) Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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(72) Inventors:
  • Tassie, Douglas Pray
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  • Walker, George Lawrence, Jr.
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(54) Ammunition handling system


(57) Each carrier (20) of a round of ammunition in a train (18) of rounds carriers is coupled to the next adjacent carrier by pivot means (42, 44, 46) capable of unrestricted rotation about an axis transverse to the length of the carried round. The train passes from a stationary supply (16) to a gun (12) mounted for rotation in train. An orientation mechanism (24) rotates in train with the gun and has a cam (68, 80) which intercepts and orients each carrier its carried round by rotation by the respective pivot means into a orientation which is determined by the orientation in train of the gun.






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