Patent ID: 7513185
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A magazine for an automatic weapon, said weapon ( 10 ) being guided linearly for movement in a weapon housing ( 14 ) in a longitudinal direction, the weapon ( 10 ) being unrestrainedly recoilable in the weapon housing ( 14 ) through a defined recoil distance (P 1 , P 2 , . . . ) during a firing burst, wherein a primary magazine ( 22 ) for a large number of powder charges ( 24 ) and a primary magazine ( 18 ) for a large number of projectiles ( 20 ) are each attached to the weapon housing ( 14 ), said weapon ( 10 ) having a magazine element ( 26 ) for a small number of powder charges ( 24 ) arranged in said weapon housing ( 14 ), and being moveable in conjunction with the recoilable movement of the weapon ( 10 ), and a magazine element ( 28 ) for a small number of projectiles ( 20 ), corresponding to the small number of powder charges ( 24 ) arranged in said weapon housing ( 14 ), and being moveable in conjunction with the recoilable movement of weapon ( 10 ).