Patent ID: 6393960
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A device for attaching ammunition boxes to a box support for an automatic weapon comprising:a box support mounted on an outer wall of a gun mount for an automatic weapon and extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the weapon, said box support being provided with downwardly extending shackles on both sides, with each of said shackles having a respective holder at a distance in a downward direction from the box support for engaging one of a pair of opposed bearing bolts extending from longitudinal side surfaces of an ammunition box to suspend the ammunition box such that it can perform a pivoting movement; first and second fastening locations for the ammunition box provided on the box support at spaced non-symmetrical distances from the holders in a longitudinal axial direction of the box support; first and second locking means for connection to the respective first and second fastening locations disposed on the outside of the ammunition box in longitudinal direction and at a distance that corresponds to the length (L) of the ammunition box; and wherein a distance (a) between the first fastening location and the holders corresponds to the distance between the holders and the first locking means when the ammunition box is suspended in the holders, so that in the position where the ammunition box with its bearing bolts is pivoted around the holders in a direction to cause the first locking means to engage the first fastening location, the ammunition box assumes a slanted loading position, and, the second fastening location is arranged on the box support at a distance from the first fastening location corresponding to the length (L) of the ammunition box, so that the ammunition box assumes an ammunition unloading position following a pivoting movement around the first fastening location.