Patent ID: 6345562
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A method of conveying ammunition cartridges in an automatic gun comprising the steps of:using a single conveyor chain to transport live ammunition cartridges from a gun magazine to a revolving firing drum of said gun; urging said live ammunition cartridges into either a rearward first track on said single conveyor chain or onto a forward second track on said single conveyor chain wherein said rearward first track guides said ammunition cartridges around the axis of said revolving firing drum in a position which is spaced back from a firing position and said forward second track guides said ammunition cartridges around said revolving drum axis in a firing position; and, after firing, transporting empty cartridge shells on said single conveyor chain away from said revolving firing drum so that said empty cartridges can be returned to said gun magazine.