Weapon system equipped with reloading container

A weapon system comprising:

• a gun mount;
• an automatic gun arranged at said gun mount;
• an ammunition container provided for said automatic gun;
• means for supporting said automatic gun together with said ammunition container to be pivotable about an elevation alignment axis;
• a reloading container for cartridges, said reloading container having an outlet opening and being arranged at said gun mount;
• a conveyor device provided for the reloading container for forwardly displacing sets of cartridges located in the reloading container to said outlet opening, from which location the cartridges can be filled into the ammunition container;
• said ammunition container having an inlet opening for receiving the cartridges from the reloading container;
• said supporting means mounting said ammunition container to be pivotable into a cartridge loading position;
• means for displaceably mounting the reloading container at the gun mount in order to bring the outlet opening thereof into alignment with the inlet opening of the ammunition container when pivoted into its loading position;
• and
• said conveyor device comprising transport elements which can be shifted together with the sets of cartridges out of the reloading container at least partially into the ammunition container.