US12607427 - Arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon

The patent describes an innovative ammunition feeding arrangement for a weapon mounted on an elevation device, allowing for elevation movement around an axis. This system features a feeding chute with stacked elements that rotate about a central shaft, incorporating a rotation limit mechanism to control the movement of these elements during operation.

Claim 1

1 . An arrangement for feeding ammunition to a weapon, the weapon being mounted to an elevation device arranged to allow elevation movement of the weapon about an elevation axis, the arrangement comprising a feeding chute connected at one end to the weapon, the feeding chute comprising a set of elements assembled together in a stacked configuration, wherein the set of elements is arranged about a shaft configured to be concentrically arranged relative to the elevation axis so as to allow movement of individual elements of the set of elements about said shaft in connection to elevation movement of the weapon about the elevation axis, wherein the feeding chute having a connection side for connecting the feeding chute to the weapon, and an opposite receiving side, the feeding chute having a front side essentially facing the firing direction of the weapon, when the feeding chute is connected to the weapon, and an opposite rear side, wherein the arrangement comprises a rotation limit arrangement arranged in connection to the front side or rear side of the feeding chute configured to limit rotation of the individual elements about said shaft, wherein the rotation limit arrangement comprises tracks in connection to individual elements of said set of elements, said tracks running in a direction essentially orthogonal to the extension of the shaft so as to facilitate said limited rotation of the individual elements about said shaft.

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