Ammunition feed

Ammunition feed (1) for a gun barrel having at least one magazine and a rammer (2), wherein the gun barrel is for an armoured vehicle,

• the gun barrel having a loading space,
• wherein a piece of ammunition (3) is introducible from the magazine into the loading space by the rammer (2), and
• wherein the piece of ammunition (3) is reversible out of the loading space into the magazine by the rammer (2), characterized in that:
• a pawl (4) is arranged movably on an end of the rammer (2) facing the piece of ammunition, the pawl (4) having a tip (14) formed at a meeting point of a holding edge (10) and a sliding edge (7) of the pawl, wherein the tip (14) of the pawl faces towards the rammer (2),
• the pawl (4) can be positioned in an engagement position (5) to reverse out the piece of ammunition (3) from the loading space into the magazine, wherein the pawl (4) in the engagement position (5) prevents the piece of ammunition (3) from slipping further away from the rammer (2),
• wherein the pawl (4) is arranged in a recess (6) of the piece of ammunition (3) in the engagement position (5), wherein a retaining edge is preferably aligned essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the ammunition wherein the ammunition feed (1) is designed as an automatic ammunition feed (1),
• wherein a control device (15) is provided,
• wherein the control device (15) is connected to at least one actuator (16) of the rammer (2) and at least one actuator (17) of the pawl (4),
• wherein the control device (15) is designed to automatically select a suitable piece of ammunition (3) on basis of data from an automatic target detection device (18);
• wherein the suitable piece of ammunition (3) is automatically introducible into the loading space with the aid of actuating commands generated in the control device (15).