Loading system for an artillery gun

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EP 0 932 012 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	28.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/30

(21)	Application number: 99850004.5

(22)	Date of filing: 15.01.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F41A 9/76, F41A 9/82, F41A 9/39

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

27.01.1998 SE 9800207

(71)	Applicant: Bofors AB
	691 80 Karlskoga (SE)

(72)	Inventor:
	Berglund, Bengt 691 48 Karlskoga (SE)

(74)	Representative: Falk, Bengt
	Bofors AB Patents and Trademarks 691 80 Karlskoga 691 80 Karlskoga (SE)

(54)	Loading system for an artillery gun

(57) The present invention relates to a piece-mounted shell magazine (7) of the endless chain conveyor type intended for preferably self-propelled artillery pieces (1), which magazine, as a result of its design and the fact that it is mounted on the elevating system (4) of the piece, is capable in an effective manner of having in readiness a sufficient firsthand requirement of shells (24) which may be of different types and are all promptly available for firing in any order. The shell magazine (7) according to the invention is also very suitable for modernizing older pieces.

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