Double ramming projectile assembly for guns
US4803926A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 1986 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B5/045
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A projectile assembly comprising a carrier and a projectile arranged for insertion in the unmodified breech of a gun, the carrier having a ramming piston which urges the projectile into the barrel of the gun ready for firing whereupon the carrier is ejected and replaced by a propellant cartridge for firing the projectile from the barrel. The assembly is suitable for use in a belt fed automatic gun in which projectile assemblies are alternately interspersed with propellant cartridges such that a projectile is placed in the gun barrel by the projectile carrier, the carrier is ejected and then the next item on the belt, a propellant cartridge is placed in the breech for firing the gun.
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