AUTOMATIC WEAPON Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: fire-arms, in particular, magazine-fed automatic weapon of official and civil purpose. SUBSTANCE: automatic weapon has a barrel with a receiver and stock, breechblock and a magazine consisting of a body, spring and follower. Cartridge cases are positioned in the magazine in two rows, the upper part of the magazine body has bends that are chamfered and inclined to the bore at an angle providing for the effect of the force on the side of the breechblock on the center of cartridge mass, the lower surface of the breechblock is made with a chamfer, having a profile providing for the maximum speed of motion of cartridges in the magazine. EFFECT: reduced overall dimensions of the weapon and improved motion of cartridges to the magazine neck. 2 dwg