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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsCarl Emmett Hager, IV, Shawn E. Allen, Matthew D. Lehr, George Arthur Anderson
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A guidance tab is provided for separating a cartridge round at its base from an aft linkage bracket within an ammunition chain. The tab includes a plate, a pair of legs and a pair of feet, and is composed of polyamide-imide. The plate has an obverse surface for engaging the base of the cartridge round and a reverse surface for engaging the aft linkage bracket. The plate is oriented along a longitudinal direction of the ammunition train and a lateral direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the cartridge round. The pair of legs extends from flanking sides of the plate in the axial direction towards the aft linkage bracket. The pair of feet extend substantially parallel to the plate. Each foot extends from a respective leg of the pair of legs.
An aft linkage assembly for supporting a cartridge round in transport within an ammunition chain, said assembly facing a breech end of a gun into which said cartridge round loads, and comprising:
A guidance tab for separating a cartridge round at its base from an aft linkage bracket within an ammunition chain, said tab comprising:
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