Top mounted longitudinal magazine

Abstract

Longitudinal magazine for individual weapons such as, submachine gun, rifle, machine-gun and similar, of a type that can be mounted on the upper part of the weapon and in the axis of the frame, characterized in that this magazine mainly consists in a first part (3) formed by a tube forming the magazine as such and in which the cartridges (5) are being stored with their longitudinal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the magazine (2); a second part (4) consisting in a transfer element (34) showing on both sides an oblong port respectively (32-46), mutually related with two skews (41-42) stretching over an angle of 90 degrees, one of these ports (32) constituting the connection between aforementioned parts (3) and (4) while the second port (46) constitutes the connection between aforementioned part (3) and the weapon (1) with which the magazine (2) cooperates; and in means (54) allowing for the transport of the cartridges (5) inside the magazine (2).

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