Patent ID: 6694857
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
Apparatus for discharging shells from an ammunition magazine, comprising:a frame and a drive arrangement supported by the frame for individual linear displacement of shells from a first ejection position in the magazine to a second advanced position; said drive arrangement comprising an endless, first drive element with two elongate, parallel strands including a first strand and a second strand; a first ramming element connected to the first drive element and arranged so as to come into engagement with a rear portion of a shell present in the first ejection position and advance the shell to an intermediate position between said first ejection position and said second advanced position during the movement of the first ramming element together with the first drive element along the first strand; and a second ramming element arranged so as to come into engagement with the rear portion of the shell present in the intermediate position and advance the shell further to the second advanced position during a return movement of the first ramming element together with the first drive element along the second strand.