Patent ID: 8069767

Claim:
A weapon system comprising: a machine gun; a gun cradle supporting the machine gun; an ejection chute assembly including a hopper having a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom portion defining an opening and coupled between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a deflector coupled between the first side wall and the second side wall and extending at an obtuse angle to the bottom portion, the ejection chute assembly further including an ejection tube having an upper end coupled to the opening of the bottom portion of the hopper and an open lower end, the deflector of the hopper configured to deflect spent casings from the machine gun toward the opening and the ejection tube; a link chute, wherein the hopper further includes a receiver supported by each side wall and configured to couple to the link chute; wherein the hopper further includes an open upper end and a downwardly extending cylindrical connector, and a band clamp coupling the ejection tube to the connector of the hopper.