Wemove from the driver to the next member of the crew, the loader, whosefunction it is within the cyborg that is the main battle tank to feed thegun tube its ammunition. He is situated directly between the ammunitioncompartment doors and the breech of the gun tube. His job is to extractthe round required by the gunner from the ammo compartment, swing it aroundinto the breech and load the round into the chamber of the main gun tube1.