Ordnance – Accelerating
Patent
1988-10-17
1991-11-12
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Accelerating
102374, F41F 100
Patent
active
050638262
ABSTRACT:
An armament system provides a launch tube filled with a mixture of gaseous propellant and a projectile possessing an external surface configuration which is effective to initiate a ram jet effect between the external surface of said projectile and the inner wall of said launch tube when said projectile is inserted at a high velocity into and along said tube.
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Bentley Stephen C.
General Electric Company
Kuch Bailin L.
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