Lightweight ammunition belt link
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsJoshua Matthew Stubbs, Nathan William Rowe
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Abstract
There is provided an ammunition belt link comprising, a sprung wire, said sprung wire arranged to form a first receiving portion suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge, a second receiving portion suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge, a spacer between said first receiving and second receiving portions; and an ammunition cartridge locator aide, said aide locates in an ejector groove of a received cartridge.
Claims20
A wire ammunition belt link comprising:
- a unitary continuous piece of sprung wire, said unitary continuous piece of sprung wire arranged to form
- a first receiving portion having a re-entrant loop of wire suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge,
- a second receiving portion having a re-entrant loop of wire suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge,
- a spacer between said first and second receiving portions,
- a first flange at an end of a first arm of the second receiving portion and arranged lengthwise along the axis of the retained second ammunition cartridge,
- a second flange at an end of a second arm of the second receiving portion and arranged lengthwise along the axis of the retained second ammunition cartridge, and
- an ammunition cartridge locator aide at an end of the first flange and configured to locate in an ejector groove of the retained second ammunition cartridge.
A method of manufacturing a wire ammunition belt link, the method comprising bending a unitary continuous length of sprung wire by a wire forming machine to form a first receiving portion having a re-entrant loop of wire suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge, a second receiving portion having a re-entrant loop of wire suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge, a spacer between said first and second receiving portions, a first flange at an end of a first arm of the second receiving portion and arranged lengthwise along the axis of the retained second ammunition cartridge, a second flange at an end of a second arm of the second receiving portion and arranged lengthwise along the axis of the retained second ammunition cartridge, and an ammunition cartridge locator aide at an end of the first flange and configured to locate in an ejector groove of the retained second ammunition cartridge.
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