SMALL ARMS SECTIONAL MAGAZINE Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: box-type magazines, designed for automatic small arms.

SUBSTANCE: the magazine has a central section butt-joined to the receiver and two side sections adjoining it. The central section has side openings through which cartridges are fed to the central section from the adjoining ones. At an expenditure of cartridges from the side sections the feeder spring of the central section is deactivated manually by a controllable catch. After expenditure of cartridges from the side sections the shooter disengages the catch of the central section, whose feeder starts operating.

EFFECT: provides firing up to the complete expenditure of cartridges from all sections without their transposition relative to the receiver.

2 cl, 3 dwg