FEEDING DEVICE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A RADIALLY OPENING AMMUNITION CUP FOR AN AUTOMATIC GUN LOADING SYSTEM

The invention relates to a feeding device (1) for loading and unloading a radially opening ammunition cup (2) for an automatic loading system of a gun, comprising a housing (3), a loading opening (4) and a radially opening ammunition cup (2), wherein the housing (3) comprises an upper side (3.1), a lower side (3.2), two lateral sides (3.3, 3.4) and a rear side (3.5), wherein the loading opening (4) is arranged and/or embodied in the rear side of the housing (3), wherein the ammunition cup (2) has a cup opening (5), wherein an ammunition (6) can be inserted into the ammunition cup (2) in the radial direction through the cup opening (5), or wherein an ammunition (6) can be removed from the ammunition cup (2) in the radial direction through the cup opening (5).Loading/unloading of ammunition cups (2) at the rear of an automatic loading system for guns is enabled by the fact that the feeding device (1) comprises a carriage (7) and a holding device (8), wherein the carriage (7) is movable from a first position (7.1) to a second position (7.2) and vice versa, wherein the carriage (7) in the first position (7.1) is arranged at least partially outside the housing (3) and wherein the slide (7) in the second position (7.2) is arranged at least partially inside the housing (3) and substantially parallel to an axis of the ammunition cup (2), wherein the holding device (8) is designed to move in the first position (7.1) to be loaded and unloaded with the ammunition (6), wherein the holding device (8) is adapted to transfer an ammunition (6) arranged in the holding device (8) to the ammunition cup (2) in the second position (7.2) to take an ammunition (6) arranged in the ammunition cup (2) out of the ammunition cup (2), wherein the carriage (7) can be guided through the loading opening (4) during the movement from the first position (7.1) into the second position (7.2) or vice versa.