SYSTEME DE CHARGEMENT POUR CONTENEURS CONTENANT DES MUNITIONS A CARTOUCHE

DANS LES SYSTEMES DE CHARGEMENT CONNUS JUSQU'ICI, QUI FONT AVANCER PLUSIEURS CONTENEURS CONTENANT DES CARTOUCHES DANS LE TUBE DE L'ARME MONTE SUR UN AFFUT DE SOMMET D'UN VEHICULE BLINDE, IL EST NECESSAIRE QUE L'ARME SOIT DANS UNE POSITION INDEXEE POUR EVACUER LES CONTENEURS VIDES ET AMENER A L'ARME UN NOUVEAU CONTENEUR PLEIN. UN TEL TRANSPORT DEMANDE DU TEMPS ET DIMINUE LA CADENCE POUVANT ETRE ATTEINTE PAR L'ARME.LE NOUVEAU SYSTEME DE CHARGEMENT EVITE CES INCONVENIENTS ET COMPREND DES CONTENEURS NON RETOUR DE FORME SPECIALE ET CONSTITUES PAR L'ASSEMBLAGE DE PLUSIEURS CELLULES INDIVIDUELLES CONTENANT CHACUNE UNE CARTOUCHE, ET UN PREMIER DISPOSITIF TRANSPORTEUR 55 SOLIDAIRE DU TUBE 11 DE L'ARME AINSI QU'UN SECOND DISPOSITIF TRANSPORTEUR 40 FONCTIONNANT INDEPENDAMMENT DE L'ORIENTATION EN HAUTEUR 100 ET LATERALE 99 DU TUBE 11 DE L'ARME. A loading system for containers holding ammunition in an armored vehicle having a tubular weapon composed of a gun cradle and a barrel having a bore axis, the weapon being mounted in a top gun mount which is rotatable about an azimuth axis, which system includes a first transporting device for transporting a container from a magazine holding a plurality of containers and disposed in a rear section of the armored vehicle into a loading position behind the top gun mount. The system further includes a plurality of such containers, each composed of at least two cells, each cell accommodating a respective cartridge, and connecting elements for connecting the cells in a form and force locking manner for transport to the loading position. The first transporting device is composed of a combined depositing and conveying device which is fixed on the gun cradle and extends transversely to the bore axis of the gun barrel, the combined device including elements for transporting the cells of a container to an insertion position aligned with the bore axis. The system further includes a second transporting device composed of a basic body rotatable about the azimuth axis of the top gun mount independently of the rotation of the top gun mount about the azimuth axis, a gripping device for gripping a container in the rear section magazine of the armored vehicle, and at least four further members arranged one behind the other in a multiple joint arrangement connecting the gripping device to the basic body.