Claims
- 1. Armoured vehicle comprising a front wheel drive means, a vehicle hull, a turret means with a gun means, a first revolving magazine means for accommodating upright inserted large calibre rounds of ammunition arranged at a front of the vehicle along a bottom of a platform of the turret means in a vicinity of the gun means, a second revolving magazine means substantially filling a rear space of the vehicle for receiving rounds of ammunition in an upright position and a transfer means arranged in an empty space of the vehicle between said first revolving magazine means and said second revolving magazine means for transferring the rounds of ammunition from said second revolving magazine means to said first revolving magazine means, and wherein said second revolving magazine means includes a plurality of individual magazine units with each individual magazine unit accommodating a plurality of rounds of ammunition.
- 2. Armoured vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of individual magazine units are interchangeably insertable in said second revolving magazine means and are synchronously driven in conjunction with a driving movement of the second revolving magazine means such that each round of ammunition of the plurality of rounds of ammunition accommodated by the respective individual magazine units can be brought into a movement path of said transfer means.
- 3. Armoured vehicle according to one claims 1 or 2, wherein said second revolving magazine means has a circular configuration and a central drive means, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced rotary supports for supporting the rounds of ammunition accommodated by the respective individual magazine units.
- 4. Armoured vehicle according to claim 3, wherein individual receptacle means are disposed about a periphery of said second revolving magazine means and arranged on the same circle as a round of ammunition of the respective individual magazine units nearest to the periphery of the second revolving magazine means.
- 5. Armoured vehicle according to claims 1 or 2, wherein each individual magazine unit includes a pallet means having the plurality of rounds of ammunition arranged thereon in a circular manner.
- 6. Armoured vehicle according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein each individual magazine unit includes a transport holder.
- 7. Armoured vehicle according to claim 1, comprising a loading door means provided in the vehicle hull for enabling a loading of the rounds of ammunition, and wherein said second revolving magazine means has a holding position located in a vicinity of the loading door means.
- 8. Armoured vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the transfer means comprises a transfer arm mounted on a vertical shaft with at least one gripper means for gripping a round of ammunition, and wherein the transfer arm is pivotable between a reception position on the second revolving magazine means and a delivery position on the first revolving magazine means.
- 9. Armoured vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the transfer arm is located on a vehicle column having the vertical shaft and fixed to the vehicle hull.
- 10. Armoured vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the transfer arm is located on a sliding carriage having the vertical shaft and is movable horizontally between the second revolving magazine means and the first revolving magazine means on a guide on the vehicle hull.
- 11. Armoured vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the guide is provided on a side wall of the vehicle hull.
- 12. Armoured vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first revolving magazine means and the second revolving magazine means and the transfer means are interconnected by a control means in such a manner that upon entering an empty position on the first revolving magazine means in a delivery position of the transfer means, an occupied position on the second revolving magazine means is always available in a reception position.
- 13. Armoured vehicle according to claim 1 with a first revolving magazine means for different types of large calibre ammunition, wherein the second revolving magazine means includes individual magazine units with correspondingly varied types of large calibre ammunition.
- 14. Armoured vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the different types of large calibre ammunition and individual magazine units for receiving the same are provided with sensor means for indicating a type of ammunition, and wherein control means are provided for inserting a desired type of ammunition from the second revolving magazine means at an empty position of the first revolving magazine means.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 141,302, filed Jan. 6, 1988 now abandoned.
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