Cartridge feed apparatus for an automatic firing weapon

摘要

A cartridge feed apparatus for two cartridge belts is structured such that the cartridges are infed relatively closely to the lengthwise axis of the weapon barrel, and there can be employed a spring sleeve which is shorter than the stroke of the breechblock head. There are provided respective slides for feeding or forwardly advancing both of the cartridge belts. One of these slides for feeding a cartridge belt and defining a first slide and a further slide defining a second slide during return motion of the spring sleeve, successively engage with the same groove of the spring sleeve. A first transmission element transmits the movement of the first slide to the second slide and a second transmission element transmits the movement of the second slide to the remaining slide defining a third slide.