Patent ID: 6606933
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
Unmanned and compact turret fitted with automatic canon and intended for a combat unit, said turret comprising:a turret housing which is intended to be mounted on an outside of the combat unit and can rotate about a substantially vertical axis; and a weapon holder in said turret housing for pivotably supporting a canon about a horizontal axis, said canon has a barrel projecting from the turret housing, and a rear part with an associated loading mechanism situated inside the housing, at least one ammunition magazine being arranged in the turret for accommodating a projectile-supporting chain belt which can fold between individual chains of the chain belt about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the projectiles and can curve in a plane about an axis substantially at right angles to said plane, said plane being defined by longitudinal axes of a pair of immediately adjacent projectiles, wherein said magazine is arranged to a side of the rear part of the canon and has an outlet for the chain belt situated in such a way that the chain belt can be conveyed from a rear part of the magazine and guided forwards along an underside of the magazine and thereafter curved through about 90Â° about the axis substantially at right angles to the plane defined by the longitudinal axes of the pair of immediately adjacent projectiles for feeding the projectiles to the loading mechanism.