Arrangement for transferring large-calibre ammunition from an ammunition magazine to a loading position in a large-calibre weapon

Arrangement for retrieving large-calibre ammunition (10), such as shells, from an ammunition magazine (12;

• 40;
• 48) and transferring these to a loading and ramming position, in which the respective ammunition unit (10) is located directly behind and coaxially aligned with a barrel (20) of a large-calibre weapon (24) which is mounted in such a way that it can pivot around a horizontal axis (22) to assume different elevation positions, which arrangement comprises a swing arm (26;
• 50) which is mounted in such a way that it can pivot around the said horizontal axis (22) between a retrieving position and a delivery position for each ammunition unit, and an ammunition pickup unit (30;
• 52) which is mounted on the swing arm (26;
• 50) at a distance from the swing arm's axis of rotation (22) in such a way that it can pivot, the ammunition pickup unit (30;
• 52) being arranged, in a first angular position relative to the swing arm (26;
• 52) when this assumes its retrieving position, to receive an ammunition unit from the magazine, the position of the ammunition pickup unit (30;
• 52) upon assuming the first angular position being such, that a recoil movement can be made by the barrel (20) without it colliding with the ammunition pickup unit (30;
• 52), characterized in that the ammunition pickup unit (26;
• 50) [sic] is mounted on the swing arm (26;
• 50) in such a way that, when assuming a second angular position relative to the swing arm, in which an imaginary extension (L) forwards of the ammunition unit's longitudinal axis (L) intersects the horizontal axis of rotation (C) of the swing arm, in a vertical plane through the central axis of the barrel (20), it transfers the ammunition unit (10) to a position directly behind the barrel, when the swing arm is pivoted to its delivery position.