FEEDING DEVICE, MORE PARTICULARLY AN AMMUNITION FEEDER OF A CANNON, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS FOR HOLDING ONE OBJECT, MORE PARTICULARLY ONE MILITARY PROJECTILE, EACH

A feeding device for an automatic loading system. The feeding device has a plurality of containers, each for receiving one object, and at least one actuator for opening and closing the containers. Each container has one slider and two shell segments arranged pivotably on a holder. The shell segments are pivoted back and forth in a functionally effective manner between a release position and a holding position by linear displacement of the slider. The slider is actuated by releasable contact with the actuator, and/or the slide acts on the shell segments via a control surface and a control element interacting with the control surface. The control element moves along the control surface when the slide is displaced linearly.