Arrangement of an elevation device for a vehicle mounted weapon system

An arrangement of an elevation device for a vehicle mounted weapon system, the weapon system comprising a weapon with a gun barrel, and a feeding chute for feeding ammunition to the weapon, said elevation device being arranged to allow elevation movement of the gun barrel about an elevation axis, said elevation device having a front portion front of said elevation axis and a rear portion rear of said elevation axis, said elevation device having a first side and an opposite second side, the weapon having a main extension, running between said sides from the rear portion to the front portion, the gun barrel projecting through a front side of the front portion in a forward direction, said elevation being performed in connection to said sides about said elevation axis transversal to the main extension of said weapon, said feeding chute being configured to be arranged in connection to said first side, said elevation device comprising a bearing configuration for facilitating said elevation of said weapon about the elevation axis, said arrangement comprising an arc-shaped sector bearing device of said bearing configuration, said bearing device being arranged in connection to the front portion at said first side at a radial distance from said elevation axis so as to provide space for said feeding chute on said first side in connection to said elevation axis.