Adjustable multi-caliber, multi-feed ammunition container

Gunnery apparatus, comprising, in combination:

• a remotely operated weapon mount, and
• an ammunition container adapted for supplying ammunition to guns mounted to the remotely operated weapon mount, comprising:
• an elongate rectangular enclosure for stowing a supply of ammunition having parallel opposed side walls defining a longitudinal direction of the enclosure and parallel opposed end walls;
• a single partition member positioned in the enclosure in a manner parallel to the side walls and oriented in the longitudinal direction and extending substantially the entire length of the enclosure between the parallel opposed end walls;
• first, second and third holding features positioned in a spaced apart relation relative to the enclosure adapted to engage the partition and to vary the width of the enclosure to first, second and third widths, respectively,
• the holding features and partition thereby providing a capability of stowing ammunition of at least three different calibers, a first caliber stowed in the container when the partition is engaged in the first holding feature, a second caliber stowed in the container when the partition is engaged in the second feature, and a third caliber stowed in the container when the partition is engaged in the third holding feature.

A method of reconfiguring an ammunition container having a region for stowing ammunition of a first caliber, a second caliber and a third caliber, parallel opposed first and second side walls defining a longitudinal direction of the container and parallel opposed end walls, comprising the steps of:

• positioning a single partition longitudinally within the region of the ammunition container for receiving ammunition, the partition placed in a first position wherein the ammunition of the first caliber is stowed between the partition and the first side wall of the container;
• positioning the partition within the region in a second position relative to the container when ammunition of the second caliber is to be stowed in the region, the ammunition of the second caliber stowed between the partition and the first side wall of the container;
• and
• positioning the partition within the region in a third position when ammunition of the third caliber is to be stowed in the region, the ammunition of the third caliber stowed between the partition and the first side wall of the container;
• and wherein in the first, second and third positions the partition extends substantially the entire length of the container between the opposed end walls and varies the width of the container to first, second and third widths.