Patent ID: 6354183
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A method for arranging, stowing and retrieving modular charges of a given quantity and propellant strength for delivery to an artillery gun comprising the steps of stowing modular charges having a similar type of propellant and length end-to-end within a plurality of horizontal tubes of a rotatable magazine module with the tubes arranged adjacent and parallel to one another, selectively rotating the tubes of the magazine module about a centrally positioned horizontal axis to a common outfeed position, and retrieving modular charges from selective tubes at the outfeed position for transport to the artillery gun, and further including the step of arranging four rotatable magazine modules in a circle, and selectively rotating the magazine modules about a centrally positioned horizontal axis so as to position the tubes of the magazine modules at the common outfeed position of each modular magazine, and retrieving modular charges from selected tubes of each magazine module at the common outfeed position of each modular magazine for transport to the artillery gun.