Ammunition magazine

In combination with a weapon having a barrel and being adjustable laterally and as to height and having follower means for moving ammunition to a charging position for charging the ammunition into said barrel, an ammunition magazine having a first and second section, said sections being symmetrically connected to said weapon on opposite sides of said barrel, said first and second sections and said follower means being movable together with said weapon during said lateral adjusting movement and the adjusting movement as to height of said weapon, said first and second magazine sections defining flat ammunition chambers for receiving and supporting ammunition with the longitudinal axis thereof defining with said barrel axis a substantially right angle, said follower means including pivotable arm means with resilient jaw means for grasping ammunition from said sections and supporting the said grasped ammunition, and power-operable means operatively connected to said pivotable arm means and operable to shift the latter to a position so as to axially align ammunition carried thereby with said barrel, said magazine including a bottom and first and second pivot means respectively arranged in said bottom, said first pivot means having said pivotal arm means pivotally connected thereto, and also including hydraulic cylinder-piston means pivotally connected to said second pivot means and operatively connected to said pivotal arm means.