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The belt links are constituted by a clamp member and a link member and serve to assemble together a series of cartridges to form a cartridge belt. Each cartridge is engaged or embraced by the guide member of one belt link, on the one hand, and by the link member of an adjacent belt link, on the othe

The belt links are constituted by a clamp member and a link member and serve to assemble together a series of cartridges to form a cartridge belt. Each cartridge is engaged or embraced by the guide member of one belt link, on the one hand, and by the link member of an adjacent belt link, on the other hand. In consideration of the infeed of the cartridges to a firing weapon the engaging or embracement angle, i.e. the overlap of the interfitting and superimposed guide and link members should be small. However, in order to prevent the cartridge belt from unintentionally disintegrating during kinking or buckling, there are provided stops or abutments at the clamp member and at the link member, by means of which the pivoting movement of the link member relative to the clamp member is limited.

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A belt link for use with a cartridge belt composed of a plurality of adjacently interlinked ones of such belt links, each belt link comprising: a clamp member having an inner substantially cylindrical surface; stop means formed at said clamp member; a link member connected with said clamp member and

A belt link for use with a cartridge belt composed of a plurality of adjacently interlinked ones of such belt links, each belt link comprising: a clamp member having an inner substantially cylindrical surface; stop means formed at said clamp member; a link member connected with said clamp member and having an outer substantially cylindrical surface; stop means formed at said link member; said link member of one belt link and said clamp member of an adjacent belt link cooperating with one another in order to hold a cartridge; said outer cylindrical surface of said link member of said one belt link being pivotably guided at said inner cylindrical surface of said adjacent belt link when said belt links are assembled to form a cartridge belt and said cartridge belt is buckled about a lengthwise axis of said cartridge; said stop means limiting the pivoting movement of said link member of said one belt link relative to said clamp member of said adjacent belt link when said belt links are assembled to form said cartridge belt; said clamp member and said link member each have an outer end; said outer end of said link member being located opposite said clamp member of said belt link and containing said stop means thereof and said outer end of said clamp member being located opposite said link member of said belt link and containing said stop means thereof in order to prevent said link member of said one belt link from being pivoted out from said clamp member of said adjacent belt link; said clamp member being provided with a recess having edges which extend in a circumferential direction of the cartridge held in such clamp member; said edges defining external end portions of the clamp member; and said stop means defining cam means formed at said external end portions.