GUN LOADING MECHANISM Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC F41A9/38 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: gun loading mechanism is installed on the fighting compartment floor and consists of a mechanism for outputting a shot to the loading line and a mechanism for ramming shot. Mechanism for outputting the shot to the loading line interacts with the gun tilt drive and is made in the form of a hinged frame with spring-loaded sides, on which a hook for gripping the shell for a shot is fixed. Shot ramming mechanism is made in the form of a screw and a carriage installed with possibility of movement along the frame. Loading mechanism includes a lever with a trunnion, one end of which is connected to the barrel gripping hook, and the other end is fixed on a fixed bracket attached to the floor of the fighting compartment. On the bracket there is a tracing groove, along which the journal of the lever moves. Barrel for a shot is equipped with a spring-loaded rocker, one arm of which interacts with a shot placed in the barrel, and the second arm—with a hook of the barrel gripping hook. At the end of the truss on the side of the tool there is a spring-loaded stop.

EFFECT: higher reliability of artillery mount.

1 cl, 4 dwg