A gas-operated autoloading firearm mechanism has a compression chamber fluidly interfacing a barrel via a gas takeoff and a piston within the compression chamber which is urged rearwardly by combustion gas entering the compression chamber from the barrel during firing. The piston acts on a round carrier which moves relative to a bolt carrier. As such, the mechanism urges a round carrier rearwardly to strip a new round from the magazine and move the new round rearward behind a firing chamber. The mechanism urges a bolt carrier rearwardly away from the firing chamber to expel a spend case and to align the new round between a bolt assembly of the bolt carrier and the firing chamber so that, when the bolt carrier rebounds forward, the new round enters the firing chamber.

A gas-operated autoloading firearm mechanism has a compression chamber fluidly interfacing a barrel via a gas takeoff and a piston within the compression chamber which is urged rearwardly by combustion gas entering the compression chamber from the barrel during firing. The piston acts on a round carrier which moves relative to a bolt carrier. As such, the mechanism urges a round carrier rearwardly to strip a new round from the magazine and move the new round rearward behind a firing chamber. The mechanism urges a bolt carrier rearwardly away from the firing chamber to expel a spend case and to align the new round between a bolt assembly of the bolt carrier and the firing chamber so that, when the bolt carrier rebounds forward, the new round enters the firing chamber.

A gripper device for transporting munitions, has a support movably mounted along the longitudinal direction of the munition. The support has feet delimiting a space intended to receive the munition, the feet being movably mounted in a plane perpendicular to the direction of forward travel of the support and configured so as to adopt, during use, a position referred to as a locking position. The feet are fixed and able to clasp the periphery of the munition, and a position referred to as unlocking position. The feet are free to move in the plane perpendicular to the direction of forward travel of the support so as to allow the passage of the whole of the munition in its longitudinal direction.

A gripper device for transporting munitions, has a support movably mounted along the longitudinal direction of the munition. The support has feet delimiting a space intended to receive the munition, the feet being movably mounted in a plane perpendicular to the direction of forward travel of the support and configured so as to adopt, during use, a position referred to as a locking position. The feet are fixed and able to clasp the periphery of the munition, and a position referred to as unlocking position. The feet are free to move in the plane perpendicular to the direction of forward travel of the support so as to allow the passage of the whole of the munition in its longitudinal direction.

A feeding device for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup for an automatic loading system of a gun, including: a housing, a loading opening and a radially opening ammunition cup. An ammunition can be inserted into the ammunition cup in the radial direction through the cup opening The feeding device includes a carriage and a holding device. The holding device is designed to move in a first position to be loaded and unloaded with the ammunition and is adapted to transfer the ammunition arranged in the holding device to the ammunition cup in a second position to take the ammunition arranged in the ammunition cup out of the ammunition cup, wherein the carriage can be guided through the loading opening during the movement from the first position into the second position or vice versa.

A feeding device for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup for an automatic loading system of a gun, including: a housing, a loading opening and a radially opening ammunition cup. An ammunition can be inserted into the ammunition cup in the radial direction through the cup opening The feeding device includes a carriage and a holding device. The holding device is designed to move in a first position to be loaded and unloaded with the ammunition and is adapted to transfer the ammunition arranged in the holding device to the ammunition cup in a second position to take the ammunition arranged in the ammunition cup out of the ammunition cup, wherein the carriage can be guided through the loading opening during the movement from the first position into the second position or vice versa.

The invention relates to an ammunition feed (1) for a gun barrel, in particular of an armoured vehicle, having at least one magazine and a rammer (2), the gun barrel having a loading space, it being possible for an ammunition (3) to be introduced from the magazine into the loading space by means of the rammer (2), and it being possible for an ammunition (3) to be led out of the loading space into the magazine by means of the rammer (2). An ammunition (3) can be guided out of a loading space particularly quickly and reliably by means of the ammunition feed (1), in that a pawl (4) is arranged movably on an end of the rammer (2) facing the cartridge, the pawl (4) being positionable in an engagement position (5) in order to guide the ammunition (3) out of the loading space into the magazine, the pawl (4) being arranged in a recess (6) of the ammunition (3) in the engagement position (5), the ammunition feed (1) being designed as an automatic ammunition feed (1), a control device being provided, the control device being connected in terms of control technology to at least one actuator of the rammer (2) and at least one actuator of the pawl (4), a type of ammunition being automatically selected on the basis of data of automatic target detection and/or automatic target recognition, by means of which a high probability of hitting and destruction of a target to be combated can be achieved.

The invention relates to an ammunition feed (1) for a gun barrel, in particular of an armoured vehicle, having at least one magazine and a rammer (2), the gun barrel having a loading space, it being possible for an ammunition (3) to be introduced from the magazine into the loading space by means of the rammer (2), and it being possible for an ammunition (3) to be led out of the loading space into the magazine by means of the rammer (2). An ammunition (3) can be guided out of a loading space particularly quickly and reliably by means of the ammunition feed (1), in that a pawl (4) is arranged movably on an end of the rammer (2) facing the cartridge, the pawl (4) being positionable in an engagement position (5) in order to guide the ammunition (3) out of the loading space into the magazine, the pawl (4) being arranged in a recess (6) of the ammunition (3) in the engagement position (5), the ammunition feed (1) being designed as an automatic ammunition feed (1), a control device being provided, the control device being connected in terms of control technology to at least one actuator of the rammer (2) and at least one actuator of the pawl (4), a type of ammunition being automatically selected on the basis of data of automatic target detection and/or automatic target recognition, by means of which a high probability of hitting and destruction of a target to be combated can be achieved.

The invention relates to a rammer (1) for positioning an artillery shell, the rammer (1) comprising a stretcher (2) intended to receive the shell and guide it in translation, the rammer (1) being characterized in that it comprises a pusher (4) which can be driven in a reciprocating movement along the stretcher (2), reciprocating movement which is provided by a pair of closed flexible links (6) arranged on either side of the pusher (4), each link (6) connecting a drive wheel (6b) and a free wheel (6a), the pusher (4) having a bearing surface intended to correspond with a rear face of the shell in order to push it.