摘要 |
An ammunition transport system employing a container wherein an endless wire rope ladder chain is mounted to move in serpentine fashion, the ladder chain including transport tubes disposed as the ladder "steps," which serve to move ammunition through the container. The ladder chain includes successive ladder segments joined together by mounting respective swaged end fittings in special connector tubes. The transport tubes snap onto steel balls disposed along the ladder, while the connector tubes are positively retained by pop-on retainers.
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