Machine Gun Ammunition Holder Incorporating Center of Gravity Downward Ejection-Deflector
OwnerJoseph R. Moodyinventor
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Abstract
Devices, apparatus, systems and methods of mounting ammunition holders for side loading machine guns and weapons that downwardly eject spent cartridges. The ammunition holders include a side plate that both moves the center of gravity of the left side supported ammunition holder to move in a right direction underneath the machine gun until the ammunition holder is balanced relative to the machine gun. The side plate further deflects the spent cartridges from being directly ejected downward from the machine gun and instead deflect the spent cartridges to one side of the machine gun away from both the machine gun and an operator of the gun. The ammunition containers can be ammunition belt boxes. The ammunition containers can be ammunition pouch bags.
Claims8
1-10. (canceled)
A method of mounting ammunition holders to machine guns having downwardly ejecting spent cartridge cases, comprising the steps of
- providing a machine gun with a belt ammunition feeder on one side of the machine gun, and a bottom ejector that downwardly ejects spent cartridge cases, the machine gun having a center of gravity.
- attaching an ammunition holder that holds a bundle of linked rounds to the side belt feeder on the machine gun, the ammunition holder with the bundle of linked rounds having a mass and weight with a center of gravity;
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- moving the center of gravity of the mass and the weight of the ammunition holder to an overall balanced position relative to the gun.
17-20. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.