AMMUNITION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

摘要

An ammunition storage and retrieval system comprises a passive magazine (20) having left and right banks of cells (34) arranged in rows (24), with each cell (34) accommodating a projectile (22) in vertical, base-down orientation; the cells (34) and cell rows (24) being defined by adjacent pairs of elongated superstructures (36). A projectile loading head (70) is movably mounted by a traveling beam (42), in turn, movably mounted by elevated rails (44, 45), such that the loading head (70) may be translated through a center aisle (25) to address a selected row (24) in either bank and then through the selected row (24) to a selected cell (34) for downloading of a projectile (22) therein. A projectile receiver (104) dependent from the loading head (70) includes projectile gripping arms (108) and a projectile lifting foot (92), which are articulated in coordination with operation of projectile locking members (80) mounted by the superstructures (36) to effect downloading.