A loadable ammunition magazine for use with a sporting firearm includes a housing defining a cartridge-loading compartment and a follower compartment, a cover that alternately covers and reveals the cartridge-loading compartment, and a follower that urges cartridges in the cartridge-loading compartment towards a mouth of the magazine. A locking assembly prevents the magazine from being detached from the lower receiver of the firearm without disassembly of the firearm action. In one embodiment, the locking assembly includes an expandable insert, and an actuator configured to expand from a first state wherein the outer surface of the insert is spaced from the well wall to a second state wherein the outer surface of the insert tightly engages the well wall.

A magazine for small arms is disclosed including box (1), bottom lid (2) with opening, ammunition (3), magazine follower (4), coil spring (6), where between the follower (4) and the coil spring (6) a disk (5) with a rectangular through hole (17) is made, which presses the upper end of the coil spring (6) to the follower (4), the ammunition stream separator (7). In addition there are grooves (8) along the wide side walls of the magazine box (1), on the inner surfaces facing the ammunition (3) a ground surface (9) is made, wherein in the lower part of the box of the magazine, on the outer surface there is a triangular ledge (12), and in upper part of magazine box (1) on wide side walls there are rigidly fixed plate inserts (10), on which the feeding projections (14) are made, the polished section (15) and the conical section (16).

A magazine for small arms is disclosed including box (1), bottom lid (2) with opening, ammunition (3), magazine follower (4), coil spring (6), where between the follower (4) and the coil spring (6) a disk (5) with a rectangular through hole (17) is made, which presses the upper end of the coil spring (6) to the follower (4), the ammunition stream separator (7). In addition there are grooves (8) along the wide side walls of the magazine box (1), on the inner surfaces facing the ammunition (3) a ground surface (9) is made, wherein in the lower part of the box of the magazine, on the outer surface there is a triangular ledge (12), and in upper part of magazine box (1) on wide side walls there are rigidly fixed plate inserts (10), on which the feeding projections (14) are made, the polished section (15) and the conical section (16).

A cannon turret including a gun mount supporting a cradle that accommodates a weapon and includes trunnions pivotally mounted in sockets of the gun mount; the turret comprises an ammunition feeding device which includes at least one ammunition magazine located laterally on the cradle, below one of the sockets, and which further includes at least one feeding canal for conducting the ammunition from the magazine to the weapon. The disclosed turret is characterized in that the magazine includes at least one external canister which is secured to the gun mount and inside which at least one ammunition container can be accommodated; the canister has a rear end with an opening, and a closed front end; locking means are provided for blocking the container in relation to the canister. Also, a container that is to be accommodated in a canister of the type.

A medium-caliber ammunition supply device for a turret mounted on an armored vehicle includes: at least one circular turntable, placed at the rear of the turret, for positioning medium-caliber ammunition in a strip or chain, vertically and along a spiral path; and structural elements for guided and pulled conveyance of at least one strip or chain of medium-caliber ammunition. The structural elements include at least a conveyor and a ratchet box. The structural elements successively include a first conveyor, a first ratchet box, a second conveyor, and a second ratchet box. The at least one circular turntable and the structural elements all are covered with a sheet-metal protection on their side faces and/or on an upper part or roof. The sheet metal protection has mobile hatches mounted in a rotating or pivoting manner, allowing partial or complete and ergonomic (re)loading and/or unloading of the at least one circular turntable.

Provided are a combined loading device and method. The combined loading device includes a first housing in which a shell is inserted; a second housing in which a charge is inserted, the second housing being connected to the first housing; a first support located in the first housing and configured to allow the shell or the charge to be seated thereon and linearly moved; and a driving unit located inside the first housing, connected to the first support, and configured to move the first support on which the shell is seated.

Invention is about a window mounting adapter for M134 MINIGUN helicopter door mounted machine guns which provides the integration of the gun to the AS 532 AL/UL Cougar and similar types of helicopters, usage of the gun from the window of the helicopter and localization of the needed parts for the gun to work such as cartouche and battery to the optimum place on the platform and without harming it.

A magazine for small arms is disclosed including box (1), bottom lid (2) with opening, ammunition (3), magazine follower (4), coil spring (6), where between the follower (4) and the coil spring (6) a disk (5) with a rectangular through hole (17) is made, which presses the upper end of the coil spring (6) to the follower (4), the ammunition stream separator (7). In addition there are grooves (8) along the wide side walls of the magazine box (1), on the inner surfaces facing the ammunition (3) a ground surface (9) is made, wherein in the lower part of the box of the magazine, on the outer surface there is a triangular ledge (12), and in upper part of magazine box (1) on wide side walls there are rigidly fixed plate inserts (10), on which the feeding projections (14) are made, the polished section (15) and the conical section (16).

A weapon for firing rounds of linked, or un-linked, ammunition includes a motor-driven chain drive which rotates about a track. A rotatable feeder engages the ammunition to feed an ammunition round into a round extractor/retractor. A rotatable round positioner receives an ammunition round from the round extractor/retractor, and rotates it to a firing position. A main geneva wheel, mounted near the chain drive, is sequentially engaged by first and second drive rollers, secured to the chain drive, for being periodically rotated thereby. Drive pins of the main geneva wheel sequentially engage radial slots in a belt/round feed geneva wheel and a round positioning geneva wheel for timed rotation thereof to synchronize the operation of the round feeder and round positioner.

A warhead includes a casing having a removable front portion, a plurality of explosive segments positioned in the casing, a plurality of spacers positioned in the casing and separating the plurality of explosive segments from each other, and a removable piston configured to be inserted inside the removable front portion of the casing, wherein the removable piston pushes against the plurality of explosive segments to create a continuous segment. The removable piston may push against the plurality of explosive segments to close the plurality of spacers and move the warhead from an off position to an on position. The continuous segment may be above an explosive failure thickness in the on position. The continuous segment may be configured to detonate upon reaching the failure thickness.