Weapon sub-system

Abstract

An ammunition feed unit (200) for loading an ammunition component (30) into a firing chamber (110) of a cannon system (10) which forms part of a weapon sub-system. The ammunition feed unit (200) comprises a gate unit (210) and a plurality of ammunition storage racks (202). The gate unit (210) comprises a gate unit wall (218) defining an ammunition component receiving housing (212) which defines a gate chamber (214) and a gate unit opening (216) configured to receive one ammunition component (30) at a time into the gate chamber (214). The gate unit (210) is operable to align the gate unit opening (216) with each of the ammunition storage rack outlets (206) and configured such that when the gate unit opening (216) is aligned with one of the ammunition storage rack outlets (206), the gate unit (210) gate unit wall (218) is deployed across the or each other ammunition storage rack outlet (206) to prevent the passage of an ammunition component (30) therethrough.

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