Found the patent for the magazine system of the HK36 I shared yesterday so I figured I’d share it here.
The TLDR: Is you’d open the side door of your magazine and put in the clip (green magazine shaped thing below) which lacked a spring, follower, and feed lips into the side door to reload it.
Obviously this idea didn’t take off, but it has the unique benefit of simplifying the number of mechanical parts required to carry more ammo.
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This seems like a cumbersome middle ground between carrying more magazines and carrying stripper clips that ends up being the worst of both worlds.
I’m really surprised HK didn’t instead do the Vz58 thing of detachable magazines that can also be refilled from the top of the gun with stripper clips.
But I guess that’s why it didn’t take off.
