JPH0799313B2 - Ammo storage - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ammunition storage device for machine guns and the like, and more particularly to an ammunition storage for suspending a plurality of ammunition belts in a meandering manner in a plurality of rows. It relates to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in machine guns and the like, it has been demanded to increase the number of ammo storages in an ammo storage device in order to improve the warfare ability. Various types of ammunition storage devices designed to be stored have been proposed. For example, the ammunition storage device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-104898 is provided with a rectangular parallelepiped magazine having a shell opening at one end side, and a plurality of supporting shafts for suspending a band on both side walls of the magazine. The carriage is movably crossed, and a rotation angle control stopper and an ammunition stopper are provided on these support shafts to hang them so that they do not slide down. It is designed to move to the lower side of the shell.

The ammunition storage device 4 shown in FIGS.
0 is the cannon belt 4 of the cannon 42 mounted on the cannon car 41
3, which has a cylindrical magazine 45 having a shell 44 at the upper end of one end, and has a meandering band 43 in a plurality of small chambers 47 defined by partition walls 46. It is stored by hanging it in a small room 4 on the side of the projectile port when projecting.
7 is sequentially carried out, and is sent along the guide roller 48. Incidentally, 49 is a turret.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 104898 is detachably attached to one end of a magazine which is carried in from a delivery port at the time of bullet feeding, to the other end side of a magazine, and then sequentially pushed from a support shaft on the other end side. Since it is hung and stored in a meandering shape, it is necessary to change the working position to feed the bullets, and the bullet feeding work is complicated and takes a long time. At the time of sending, the support shaft of the band that has finished sending is sequentially brought closer to the sending port side, and as the band hanging on the support shaft on the other end side starts sending from a position farther from the sending port Therefore, the bullets are sent while being in contact with the support shaft that is brought close to the shot mouth side. Further, since the support shaft is provided with the ammunition stopper, the ammunition stopper is sent while being in contact with the ammunition stopper. Therefore, the sending resistance becomes large,
A large load will be applied to the means for driving the band.

Further, in the case of the one shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, since the band 43 is hung and housed in each small chamber 47 in a meandering manner at the time of bullet feeding, the bullet feeding work is complicated and requires a long time. . Further, at the time of sending bullets, the bullet bands 43 housed in the small chamber 47 on the other end side are sent while coming into contact with the larger number of partition walls 46 and the guide rollers 48. Will work.

As described above, the conventional ammunition storage device has a problem that it is difficult to smoothly perform the bullet feeding operation because the bullet feeding operation is complicated and takes a long time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an ammunition storage device capable of performing a bullet feeding operation easily and in a short time and smoothly performing a bullet feeding operation. Especially.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, there is provided an ammunition storage device for storing a plurality of bands in a meandering manner by suspending a plurality of bands in a magazine having a shell opening at one end side. , A storage chain in which the ends of a plurality of staple pins that suspend the band are connected by a pair of stretchable and flexible chains, and the storage pins are attached to guide rails formed on both side walls of the magazine. It is installed so that it can be moved horizontally, and a chain storage chamber for horizontally folding the storage chain and storing it is formed below the magazine feed port.
The bullet restraint means that abuts on the bullet feed port side of the storage chain hanging on the staple pin and regulates the movement toward the bullet feed port side is moved upward by the band that is sending bullets to release the regulation. It is provided in.

Above the chain storage chamber, a bullet feed guide plate that covers the upper portion of the chain storage chamber at the time of bullet feed is provided so as to be vertically swingable, and the guide rail has an end on the side of the bullet feed port inclined downwards. It is preferably connected to the storage chamber.
In addition, the storage chain is equipped with a position regulating member that regulates the ammunition of the ammunition hung from the stay pin so that it does not move in the axial direction. It is preferable that the means is rotatably provided around the central axis of the staple pin.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the storage chain has the first and second storage chains.
Since the chain of has elasticity and flexibility,
When the shots are sent, they are folded horizontally and stored in the chain storage chamber. At the time of bullet feeding, the stay pin of the storage chain is pulled out from the chain storage chamber, the band which is carried in from the feed port is engaged with the stay pin, and the stay pin is pushed so as to engage with the feed control means. As a result, the next staple pin is pulled out from the chain storage chamber and moved to the bullet feed regulation means in the same manner as the previous staple pin. After that, the same operation is repeated, and the band is suspended in a meandering manner on each staple pin. At that time, the band is engaged with each stay pin below the feed port and is hung, and the interval of each stay pin is contracted by being pushed into the feed limiting means, and the band is hung so as to contact each other. . Since the chain storage chamber is empty after the last staple is pulled out, the chain storage chamber is also stored in a meandering shape.

At the time of sending bullets, the bullet band stored in the chain storage chamber is sent, and then the strip of the staple pin pulled out last is sent. While this staple band is being sent, the preceding staple pin is held by the send restricting means, but as the send progresses, the band becomes tense and pushes up the send restricting means. The front staple pin moves to the side of the shell.
Then, the elastic band hung from the immediately preceding staple pin is engaged with and held by the feed restricting means, and the staple pin pulled out finally is stored in the chain storage chamber. Thereafter, similarly, the staple pin is moved to the side of the bullet feeding port, and the staple pin which has finished feeding the bullet is stored in the chain storage chamber. At that time, the elastic band of each staple pin is carried out from the lower side of the discharge port, and since the first and second chains are flexible, the storage chains are sequentially folded in the horizontal direction into the chain storage chamber. It is stored.

In the case where the magazine has a bullet feed guide plate, by covering the upper part of the chain storage chamber at the time of bullet feeding, the band to be carried in does not enter the chain storage chamber, and along the pulled out staple pin. Guide to descend smoothly.

When the end portion of the guide rail on the bullet feed opening side is inclined downward, the distance between the staple pin held by the bullet feed regulating means and the staple pin in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber is wide, so that the bullet feed regulation is restricted. It is fed and sent so that it does not interfere with the band held by the means.

When the position regulating member is provided on the staple pin, even if the magazine is cylindrical, the head of the ammunition moves so as not to come into contact with the side wall of the magazine at the time of bullet feeding and bullet feeding.

In the case where the stay pin is provided with a fall prevention means, when the belt slips off the stay pin due to vibration, turning motion, etc., the fall prevention means rotates to press the ammunition of the band against the ceiling of the magazine, This holds the band

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an ammunition storage device such as a machine gun mounted on a vehicle, which is attached to the lower surface of a turret 2 similarly to those shown in FIGS. This ammunition storage device 1 is provided with a cylindrical magazine 3, and a shell 4 is formed at one end side of the ceiling 3a of the shell 3 and a partition wall 5 provided below the shell 4 is used. It is divided into an ammunition storage chamber 6 and a chain storage chamber 7. A pair of guide rails 8 and 9 are horizontally provided on upper portions of inner side surfaces of the inner wall 3b and the outer wall 3c in the ammunition storage chamber 6, and the end portions of the guide rails 8 and 9 are inclined downward. It is connected to the chain storage room 7.

A storage chain 10 is movably mounted on the pair of guide rails 8 and 9. This storage chain 10 includes a large number of ammunition 11 as shown in FIGS.
A plurality of stay pins 12 for suspending the elastic band 11 in which a is connected by a belt link 11b are provided, and respective end portions of these are connected by a first chain 13 and a second chain 14, respectively, and each chain 13, 14 is guided. The rails 8 and 9 are movably mounted so that the respective staple pins 12 horizontally move between the inner wall 3b and the outer wall 3c of the magazine. The first chain 13 includes an inner supporter 15 that rotatably supports one end of the stay pin 12 and an elongated hole 1 of the first link 16.
7, the connecting pin 18 is engaged and connected, and the intervals and directions between the respective inner side supporters 15 are changed so that they can be expanded and contracted and flexed. The second chain 14 includes the staple pin 12
The outer supporter 19 that rotatably supports the other end of the second
The link 20 and the third link 21 are connected, and the second link 20 and the third link 21 are connected to each other by engaging the connection pins 24 in the elongated holes 22 and 23, respectively. The space and direction between them are changed to allow expansion and contraction and flexibility. As a result, the storage chain 10 has elasticity and flexibility, and the staple pins 1 are so arranged that the elastic bands 11 hung on the guide rails 8 and 9 come into contact with each other during the supply of bullets.
The space between the two shrinks, and when it is sent, it is folded horizontally in the chain storage chamber 7 and stored. A pair of support rollers 25 and 26 are attached to each of the inner side supporter 15 and the outer side supporter 19 in accordance with the curvature of the guide rails 8 and 9, and the stay pins 12 are attached to the guide rails 8. , 9 to move around the center of curvature

A position regulating member 27 is provided on each staple pin 12.
And a fall prevention pin 28 are provided. Position regulating member 2
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, 7 is attached so as to project so as not to move in the axial direction of the stay pin 12, and abuts and guides the belt link 11b of the belt when feeding and sending. The head of the ammunition does not come into contact with the inner wall 3b of the magazine. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the fall prevention pin 28 is attached so as to project from the stay pin 12 so as to engage between the ammunition 11a of the suspended elastic band. When it tries to slide down, it rotates together and holds the ammunition 11 by pressing the ammunition 11a against the ceiling 3a of the magazine.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a bullet feed regulating lever, which is arranged between the inner wall 3b and the outer wall 3c of the magazine so as to swing up and down above the guide rails 8 and 9 near the chain storage chamber 7. Is provided horizontally and is constantly urged downward by a spring 30. Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the end portion 29a comes into contact with the bullet opening 11 side of the next staple pin 12 while the bullet belt 11 of the preceding stay pin 12 is being fed, and the bullet feeding opening The movement to the side is regulated, and at the end of the above bullet sending,
As shown in FIG. 10, the belt 11 being fed is guided by the guide roller 3
By being carried out along 1, the lower surface 29b is pushed up to release the regulation. The biasing force of the spring 30 is very small, and the bullet feed regulation lever 29 vibrates,
It is set so that it does not rattle due to a turning motion.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a bullet feed guide plate. This bullet feed guide plate 32 is detachably provided above the chain storage chamber 7 and is placed above the chain storage chamber 7 at the time of bullet feeding as shown in FIGS. It is mounted so as to swing up and down so as to cover it, and guides the band 11 to be carried in so as to descend along the stay pin 12 of the storage chain drawn out from the chain storage chamber 7, and the tip abuts on the stay pin 12 and is connected to the chain. It is designed so that it does not retract into the storage chamber 7.
It should be noted that the bullet feed guide plate 32 may be swingably provided above the chain storage chamber 7 so as to cover the upper portion of the chain storage chamber 7 until immediately before the completion of the bullet feeding and to retract after that.

This embodiment is constructed as described above,
The operation will be described below.

At the time of bullet feeding, as shown in FIG. 11, the storage chain 10 is horizontally folded and stored in the chain storage chamber 7, and the first staple pin 12 projects from the chain storage chamber 7 and the chain storage chamber 7 A bullet feed guide plate 32 is mounted above the. The strip 11 carried in from the delivery port 4 is guided by the feed guide plate 32 and descends along the first staple pin 12. When the tip of the band 11 reaches the bottom 3d of the magazine, the carry-in is interrupted, and the first staple pin 12 is pushed to the bullet feed regulation lever 29 to restart the carry-in. This allows the first staple pin 12 to
1 is hung and held by the feed control lever 29 so as not to move backward. On the other hand, the second staple pin 12 is pulled out from the chain storage chamber 7, and the loaded cartridge 11 is lowered along the staple pin 12. And
When the belt 11 reaches the bottom 3d of the magazine, the carry-in is interrupted, and the second staple pin 12 is pushed to the feed regulation lever 29. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1, the first stay pin 12 is moved to the other end side and the third stay pin 1 is moved.
2 is pulled out from the chain storage chamber 7. After that, similarly, the band 11 is hung on each stay pin 12, but when the last staple pin 12 is pulled out, the bullet feed guide plate 32 is removed, and after hanging on the last stay pin 12, as shown in FIG. The band 11 is also carried into the chain storage chamber 7.

The bullet feeding operation is performed as described above, but since the stay pin 12 of the storage chain is connected by the first chain 13 and the second chain 14 which can be expanded and contracted and flexed, the staple pin 12 is attached to the elastic band 11. The next staple pin 12 can be pulled out from the chain storage chamber 7 by pushing in to the feed control lever 29 after engaging with.
The guide rails 8 and 9 are inclined downward on the side of the chain storage chamber, and the staple pin 12 suspending the elastic band 11 is held by the feed control lever 29. Therefore, the staple pin 12 and the staple pin 12 in the vicinity of the chain storage chamber 7 are held. Since the space between the cartridge and the cartridge is wide and the bullet feed guide plate 32 is provided, the cartridge 11 to be carried in can be smoothly engaged with the stay pin 12 in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber 7. Therefore, the bullet feeding operation can be performed easily and in a short time. On the other hand, the band 11 pushed into the bullet feed regulation lever 29 is hung in a state of being in contact with each other because the interval between the stay pins 12 contracts. In addition, the band 11 can be stored in the space between the bullet feed control lever 29 and the chain storage chamber 7 and in the chain storage chamber 7. Therefore, the number of stored ammunition can be significantly increased.

At the time of sending bullets, as shown in FIG.
Are stored in a zigzag manner in a plurality of rows, and the last staple pin 1 after pulling up the belt 11 of the chain storage chamber 7 is stored.
Pull up the 2nd belt 11. Since this portion is held by the bullet feed restricting lever 29 so as not to move to the bullet feed port side until just before the feeding is finished, the belt 11 is pulled up so as not to interfere with this.
At the end of the bullet delivery, as shown in FIG.
Becomes nervous and pushes up the bullet feed regulation lever 29 to release the regulation. As a result, the adjacent staple pins 12 are moved to the bullet feed port side, that is, in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber 7, and the elastic band 11 of the staple pins 12 is pulled up. After that, in the same manner, each time the feeding of the belt 11 hung from the staple pin 12 closest to the chain storage chamber 7 is finished, the feeding regulation lever 29
Is released, and the adjacent staple pin 12 is moved to the nearest of the chain storage chamber 7 and sent. On the other hand, the staple pin 12 that has been sent is moved to the chain storage chamber 7, but since the storage chain 10 has elasticity and flexibility, it can be folded horizontally as shown in FIG. It is stored.

The bullet feeding operation is performed as described above, but the bullet feeding is always started in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber 7, and the staple pin 12 held by the bullet feeding control lever 29 and the staple pin in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber 7 are started. Since the distance from the staple pin 12 is wide and the position regulating member 27 is provided on the staple pin 12, the bullet sending operation can be performed smoothly.

From the start of bullet feeding to the completion of bullet feeding,
The band 11 is hung from the stay pin 12 of the storage chain, but since the stay pin 12 is provided with a fall prevention pin 28, when the band 11 is about to slide down due to vibration or turning motion, As shown in FIG. 8, the fall prevention pin 28 rotates together with the elastic band 11 to press and hold the ammunition 11a against the ceiling portion 3a of the magazine. Therefore, during the ammunition,
Each time the elastic band 11 is hung on the staple pin 12, the elastic band 11 is pushed down to the feed control lever 29, so that the elastic band 11 can be suspended in an orderly and meandering manner. Further, after the completion of the ammunition supply, since the elastic band 11 is hung so as not to slide down, each staple pin 12 can be moved to the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber 7 and sent.

The present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the magazine may have a rectangular parallelepiped shape, for example. The fall prevention pin has only to be engaged between ammunition of the ammunition belt and rotated by the movement of the ammunition, and when the stay pin is fixed, it may be rotatably provided on the stay pin. The storage chain may be such that the first staple is slightly retracted into the chain storage chamber.

[0028]

According to the present invention, when a bullet is fed, a staple band of the storage chain is engaged with the staple pin in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber, and the staple pin is pushed to the feed restricting lever to meander the plurality of strips in a meandering shape. Since it can be hung on the ground, the bullet feeding work can be performed at a fixed position. Further, since the elastic band suspended on the stay pin is held by the feed restricting means so as not to move backward, the elastic band to be carried in can be smoothly engaged with the staple pin pulled out from the chain storage chamber. Therefore, it became possible to perform the bullet feeding operation easily and in a short time.

At the time of sending bullets, the staple pins of the bullet band to be sent have moved to the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber, and can be pulled up almost from below the shot opening. Since the adjacent hanging bands are held by the sending restricting means, the sending bands do not interfere with the adjacent bands. Also, because the tension of the band to be sent pushes up the release control means to release it,
No large resistance is generated. Therefore, a large load does not act on the means for driving the band and the like, and the bullet sending operation can be smoothly performed.

By providing the bullet feed guide plate in the magazine, it is possible to guide the loaded belt and to smoothly descend along the staple pins, which makes it possible to perform the bullet feeding operation more easily and in a shorter time. It was

By inclining the end portion of the guide rail on the side of the bullet feed port downward, the distance between the staple pin held by the bullet feed regulating means and the staple pin in the immediate vicinity of the chain storage chamber is widened, so that the guide rail can be loaded or unloaded. It is possible to carry in or carry out the ambulances so that they do not interfere with the ambulances held by the ammunition control means, and it has become possible to perform the ammunition supply and ammunition work more efficiently. .

By providing a position regulating member on the staple pin, even when the magazine is cylindrical, the head of the ammunition can be moved so as not to come into contact with the side wall of the magazine during the bullet feeding and the bullet feeding, and the bullet feeding operation And, it became possible to carry out the bullet sending work more efficiently.

By providing the stay pin with the fall prevention pin, it is possible to hold the band without slipping due to vibration, turning motion, etc., and it is possible to more efficiently perform the bullet feeding work and the bullet feeding work. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention, showing a state during bullet feeding.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view taken along the line C-C of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view taken along the line EE of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line FF of FIG.

8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line GG in FIG.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram of the bullet feed restricting lever according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing a restricting operation state.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the operation of the bullet feed regulation lever, showing the regulation release state.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view of the embodiment of the present invention, showing a state immediately after the start of bullet feeding.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a state after completion of bullet feeding.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state immediately before the completion of the bullet sending.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

15 is a sectional view taken along line HH of FIG.

16 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line JJ of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ammo storage device 3 magazine 4 bullet opening 7 chain storage chamber 8 guide rail 9 guide rail 10 storage chain 11 ammunition belt 11a ammunition 12 stay pin 13 1st chain 14 2nd chain 27 position regulating member 28 fall prevention pin 29 ammunition control Lever 32 bullet guide plate

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. In an ammunition storage device for storing a plurality of belts in a meandering manner by suspending them in a zigzag manner in a magazine having an outlet at one end side upper portion, each end of a plurality of stay pins for suspending the belts is elastic. And a storage chain that is connected by a pair of flexible chains.The storage chain is attached to the guide rails formed on both side walls of the magazine so that the stay pins move laterally, and the storage chain is A chain storage chamber that folds horizontally and stores it is formed below the magazine feed port, and the band that is hung on the storage chain stay pins abuts the feed port side and moves to the feed port side. An ammunition storage device, characterized in that it is provided so that the regulation means for regulating the movement is moved upward by the band of the bullet while the regulation is released. 2. The ammunition storage device according to claim 1, wherein an ammunition guide plate is provided above the chain storage chamber so as to vertically swing so as to cover an upper portion of the chain storage chamber when a bullet is supplied. 3. The guide rail is connected to a chain storage chamber with an end portion on the side of the feed port inclined downward.
Ammo storage device described. 4. The ammo storage device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the storage chain is provided with a position restricting member for restricting the ammunition of the elastic band suspended from the stay pin so as not to move in the axial direction. 5. The storage chain is provided with drop preventing means which engages between ammunition of a band suspended on a stay pin so as to be rotatable around a central axis of the stay pin.
Ammo storage device according to item 2, 3 or 4.