On 16Jul2019 1107, Ethan McKinney wrote:

> I think about the autoloaders on Soviet tanks as the simplest version.
> Perhaps a better model is the ammo drums on the AMX-13:
> http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/16/1428934488-w111.jpg
> Drum rotates to the round you want, it's pushed sideways into the loading
> tray, and then rammed forward.

How about the launcher system used on warships before VLS systems came
into vogue? Rotating drums and rammers that pushed the missile from the
drum onto the launch rail.

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