Lightweight ammunition belt link
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsJoshua Matthew Stubbs, Nathan William Rowe
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Abstract
There is provided an ammunition belt link comprising, a sprung wire, said sprung wire arranged to form a first receiving portion suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge, a second receiving portion suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge, a spacer between said first receiving and second receiving portions; and an ammunition cartridge locator aide, said aide locates in an ejector groove of a received cartridge.
Claims20
A wire ammunition belt link comprising:
- a sprung wire, said sprung wire arranged to form
- a first receiving portion suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge,
- a second receiving portion suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge,
- a spacer between said first and second receiving portions;
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- an ammunition cartridge locator aide configured to locate in an ejector groove of a received cartridge.
A method of manufacturing a wire ammunition belt link, the method comprising bending a continuous length of sprung wire by a wire forming machine to create the wire ammunition belt link, said wire ammunition belt link including a sprung wire, said sprung wire arranged to form first and second receiving portions, a spacer, and ammunition cartridge locator aide, the first receiving portion suitable for retaining a first ammunition cartridge, the second receiving portion suitable for retaining a second ammunition cartridge, the spacer between said first and second receiving portions, and the ammunition cartridge locator aide configured to locate in an ejector groove of a received cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.