AUTOMATIC TANK GUN LOADER Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC F41A9/01 

FIELD: armored equipment, in particular, devices providing an automatic loading of the tank gun.

SUBSTANCE: the guides, on which the clamp with the cluster moves on the upper and lower rollers in the cluster elevating gear of the automatic loader, are made for varying the movement trajectories of the lower rollers of the clamp and cluster in the direction of the loading line. The clamp lower rollers are shifted relative to the upper rollers in the clamp width.

EFFECT: provided use of shots with shells of an enlarged length without any increase of the overall dimensions and mass of the tank turret.

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