TANK FIGHTING COMPARTMENT (MODIFICATIONS) Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC F41H7/00 F41A9/00 

FIELD: armored equipment, in particular, tank fighting compartments.

SUBSTANCE: a transfer tube with a part on its surface is installed in the zone between the rear turret wall and the mechanism for cluster elevation to the line of shot feed from the out-of-turret automatic loading mechanism, and a device for stabilization of the direction of motion of the feed piece is built in for provision of motion of the guide section of the mentioned device through the port to the cavity of the transfer tube, and for formation of a through guide corridor in the transfer tube for the chain of the feed piece. According to the second modification, a device for feeding the shots or their components from the rotary-type conveyor made as an additional feed piece is built in, it is installed near the mentioned port with provision for insertion of the feed piece end to the cavity of the transfer tube through the port. According to the third modification, in contrast to the second one, the body of the additional feed piece is linked with the device for stabilization of the direction of motion of the feed piece from the out-of-turret automatic loading mechanism. The guide section of the mentioned stabilizing device is made for displacement through the port to the cavity of the transfer tube and formation in the transfer tube of a through corridor for the chain of the feed piece of the out-of-turret automatic loading mechanism.

EFFECT: enhanced stability of the process of automatic loading of the tank gun.

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