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AssigneeGiat Industries
InventorsGilles Grange, Yves Martinez, Jean-Philippe Delaire, Joël Roche, Claude Avrard
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The invention relates to an automatic loading process and system for a large-caliber weapon mounted on a ship and firing ammunition, constituted by charges and projectiles, at a high rate of fire. The system comprises means allowing at least three isolated areas to be defined for the circulation of the ammunition, a first area in which the charges and projectiles and received and introduced into containers and a second area in which these containers are transferred into an intermediate magazine arranged between the weapon and the first area, and a third area where the weapon is actually loaded with the projectiles and charges, all of these areas being isolated from one another by resistant walls defining hatches providing a passage, and it comprises means to transfer the containers from the first area to the turret then the projectiles and charges into the weapon. Application to artillery mounted on a ship.
An automatic loading system for a large caliber weapon mounted on a ship, the system comprising:
A method for automatically loading a large caliber weapon mounted on a ship including a storage area comprising a projectile magazine and a charge magazine, containers for holding charges, containers for holding projectiles, an intermediate area comprising an intermediate magazine for receiving and holding charges and projectiles, a weapon area comprising a cannon mounted in a turret, wherein the storage area, the intermediate area and the weapon area are mutually separated by protective barriers, and first transfer means comprising an endless conveyor, the method comprising:
A method for automatically loading a large caliber weapon comprising a storage area and weapon area, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.