AMMUNITION FEEDER Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F41A9/00 F41A9/65 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: feeder of carriage-mounted automatic gun comprises intermediate and main magazines. Main two row magazine with one-row feed outlet crosswise in curvilinear path to lateral cartridge outlet. Said main magazine comprises hinged top cartridge extractor, top cartridge being locked under flutelike recess of neck with lateral cutout to extractor passage. Torsion or flexure spring is arranged at neck sidewall opposite said cutout and has breech hole to load the magazine. Neck semicircular cutouts and its contraction make thrusts for top cartridge case flute. Cartridge feeder has top sight hole and hook-like element arranged there inside to allow fast-detach connection with top loop-like end of loading road included in gun outfit and having hook to engage with retainer to set said loading rod to working position between coils of cartridge feeder reinforced spring and at aligned holes made at bottom cover and its lock plate.

EFFECT: higher reliability, ease of loading.

2 cl, 2 dwg