Patent ID: 8596184

Claim:
Automatic charge magazine for storage and handling of propellant powder increment charges for projectiles, which are arranged in a fireable manner, together with the increment charges, in an artillery gun wherein the charge magazine comprises a plurality of charge containers arranged in a drivable revolving track, which charge containers are arranged to assume feed-in and feed-out positions for the feed-in and feed-out of at least one increment charge to and from the charge containers, and wherein the charge magazine is provided with a control unit arranged firstly to actuate the driving of the revolving track for adjustment of the respective charge container to the said feed-in and feed-out positions, and secondly to determine the current charge content in the respective charge container, wherein the charge magazine also comprises at least one ejection member, which ejection member, in response to control signals from the said control unit, ejects the at least one increment charge from the respective charge container, applied in the feed-out position, to a loading tray belonging to the gun, and wherein the charge magazine is arranged with openings situated on both sides of the charge magazine, and wherein the feed-in and feed-out positions for the charge containers are arranged at said openings.