Patent ID: 6681678
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A revolving ammunition magazine for holding shells, comprising:an ammunition holding unit rotatably mounted in a frame around a longitudinal axis, said ammunition holding unit comprising, plural first ammunition holder elements uniformly distributed around said longitudinal axis, each of said first ammunition holder elements being arranged and adapted to hold two shells essentially parallel to said longitudinal axis spaced at different radial distances from said longitudinal axis, each of said first ammunition holder elements having an essentially U-shaped cross section with free leg ends thereof having first arcuate flanges that are directed towards each other and at least partially bridging a distance between said free leg ends, and second ammunition holder elements that are each between a respective adjacent pair of said first ammunition holder elements and that are arranged and adapted to hold a shell essentially parallel to said longitudinal axis and at a same radial distance from said longitudinal axis as radially outer shells held in said respective adjacent pair of said first ammunition holder elements.