AMMUNITION MAGAZINE Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC F41A9/00 

FIELD: weapons.

SUBSTANCE: ammunition magazine includes, located under the naval gun rotary mount, a central drum, two elevators, a system for automatic shot supply to the ports of the central drum, an outer drum with shot ports and a system for automatic shot supply to the ports of the outer drum, a drive for uniform rotation of the drums relative to the rotary mount with two corresponding geared motors, valves retaining the shots in the drum ports, feeders, a hoist acting as an accumulator, a carriage conveyor, load-carrying carriages. The central and outer drums comprise ports for shots and are installed on a single annular rotary support. The elevators are attached to the mount and located in the annular gap between the outer and central drums, and provide two-way shot supply. Each hoist is equipped with a fork-type working member.

EFFECT: provided are equipment of the drum with artillery shots without stopping firing, increased ammunition of shots ready for automatic firing, decreased inertia momentum of the rotating part of the naval gun and dynamic load on the horizontal guidance drive, reduced dynamic error of the drive, increased firing accuracy.

2 cl, 26 dwg