Weapon storage and loading system with rocket launcher and ammunition compartment for storing rocket containers

A weapon system, comprising:

• a rocket launcher having a slide-in structure;
• an ammunition compartment for storing rocket containers designed to each accommodate at least one rocket;
• a guide mechanism disposed in said ammunition compartment;
• at least two ammunition carriages designed to accommodate said rocket containers with said at least one rocket disposed therein, wherein said at least two ammunition carriages are displaceably disposed on said guide mechanism and are adapted to be shifted out of a parked position into a loading position in which said rocket container is disposed essentially below said slide-in structure of said rocket launcher;
• a crane for raising of said rocket containers, wherein said crane is disposed on said rocket launcher,
• securing means for securing said ammunition carriages in place on said guide mechanism;
• and
• at least two guide mechanisms that are disposed one above the other, wherein at least two ammunition carriages are displaceably disposed on each of said guide mechanisms, and wherein each of said guide mechanisms is longer by at least a length of a longest one of said ammunition carriages on said guide mechanism than a total length of all of said ammunition carriages on said guide mechanism.