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The weapon charger for a combat vehicle includes a charger slide means in the weapon mantlet adapted to slide to a rearward position to engage and cock the weapon sear block and to a forward position to disengage from the sear block. The charger slide means is slid by means of a chain means connecte

The weapon charger for a combat vehicle includes a charger slide means in the weapon mantlet adapted to slide to a rearward position to engage and cock the weapon sear block and to a forward position to disengage from the sear block. The charger slide means is slid by means of a chain means connected thereto extending through the mantlet into the turret of the vehicle and driven by a hand crank actuated spur gear inside the turret. The crank is rotated clockwise to pull the charger slide means rearwardly to cock the sear block. A return spring means attached to the charger slide means pulls same to its forward position when the crank means is rotated counterclockwise.

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In a turret having a weapon with a sear means, a charger apparatus for activating the sear means comprising a slidable charger slide means for activating the sear means, chain means connected to said charger slide means, rotatable coiled flat return spring means connected to said charger slide means

In a turret having a weapon with a sear means, a charger apparatus for activating the sear means comprising a slidable charger slide means for activating the sear means, chain means connected to said charger slide means, rotatable coiled flat return spring means connected to said charger slide means and disposed forwardly thereof to bias said charger slide means away from the sear means, gear means meshing with the chain means to pull the charger slide means rearwardly for activating the sear means with said return spring means rotatably uncoiling when the gear means is rotated in one direction and said gear means rotatable in the other direction to permit said return spring means to pull the charger slide means forwardly by virtue of the return spring means rotatably coiling.