Abstract:
The present invention relates to an ammunition management system (1) for firing mixed ammunition (7) in an automatic cannon, wherein the ammunition management system (1) comprises a rotatable ammunition magazine (4) comprising ammunition shot (5), a breech casing (7) and an ammunition feed device (3) for feeding of ammunition shot (5) between the ammunition magazine (4) and the breech casing (7) of the cannon. What can principally be considered characteristic is that the ammunition management system (1) comprises a drive device (6) for driving the ammunition magazine (4) via a chain drive mechanism (11) disposed in the ammunition magazine (4), and that the ammunition management system (1) comprises a decoupling device (14) for engagement and disengagement of the ammunition magazine (4) with respect to the ammunition feed device (3), so that ammunition (5) can be moved between different positions in the ammunition magazine (4), via an alternating process comprising: feeding of ammunition from the ammunition magazine (4) to the ammunition feed device (3), disengagement of the ammunition magazine (4), rotation of the ammunition magazine (4), engagement of the ammunition magazine (4), and feedback of ammunition (5) from the ammunition feed device (3) to the ammunition magazine (4). The invention also relates to a method for sorting the ammunition (5) in the ammunition magazine (4).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a redundant method for direction limitation of a firing system, where a first calculating unit controls the firing system and where direction limitation positions are known by the first calculating unit, said method comprising the following steps: (a) measuring the elevation of the firing system, (b) measuring the traverse of the firing system, (c) calculating the position of the firing system in the first calculating unit on the basis of the measured elevation and traverse, (d) calculating the position of the firing system in a second calculating unit on the basis of the measured elevation and traverse, (e) comparing the calculated positions of the firing system with direction limitation positions, (f) deciding whether the firing system is positioned outside the direction limitation positions. The invention further relates to a direction limitation system for a firing system, comprising at least one sensor for measuring the elevation of the firing system, at least one sensor for measuring the traverse of the firing system, and a first calculating unit which controls the firing system, where the first calculating unit calculates the position of the firing system on the basis of the measured traverse and elevation, and where a first set of direction limitation positions is known by the first calculating unit, where the firing system is directionally limited by the first calculating unit comparing the position of the firing system with the first set of direction limitation positions, and a second calculating unit, where the second calculating unit measures traverse and elevation, comparing the position of the firing system with a second set of direction limitation positions.