TANK FIGHTING COMPARTMENT (MODIFICATIONS) Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC F41A9/00 

FIELD: armored equipment, in particular, tank fighting compartments with a double-flow loading.

SUBSTANCE: a passage tube for stabilizing the direction of motion of the rammer chain and the rammed home round or charge is installed in the area between the rear wall of the turret and the cluster lifting mechanism in the round ramming line from the behind-turret automatic loader. Each cluster of the rotary transporter has the shape of a tube with an inside diameter providing for a free ramming of the round or charge from the behind-turret transport-loading container to the ramming line. The clusters in the transporter are positioned horizontally in a single tier. Each cluster is provided with grippers with catches retaining the shell in the cluster, they are installed for releasing the shell in the position in the loading line by the opening lugs positioned on the cluster lifting mechanism. In the second modification the cluster of the rotary transporter is formed by two tubes paired by the vertical for stacking of shells in the transporter in two tiers.

EFFECT: enhanced military-technical efficiency of the fighting compartment due to placement of additional shells in the rotary transporter and provision of an enhanced stability of the round in the ramming line at a reloading from the behind-turret automatic loader.

11 cl, 8 dwg