Assembly for launching a projectile

Details Assembly for launching a projectile Assembly for launching a projectile

1976-05-04

1977-09-27

Brown, David H.

Ordnance

Recoilless gun

Having a reaction mass

89 1705, 89 1818, F41F 302, F41F 1500

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040503518

ABSTRACT:
An assembly for launching a projectile comprises a launch tube having a smooth or rifled bore, a charge of gunpowder located in the tube for firing a projectile which is placed in the tube in front of the charge, a braking propellant located in the tube behind the gunpowder charge and carrying a ballast material, and means ensuring that the gunpowder charge is ignited before the braking propellant. The braking propellant may be connected to a projectile by means of a sleeve to form a rigid unit which is loadable in the launch tube, the sleeve containing the gunpowder charge.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1280579 (1918-10-01), Stone et al.
patent: 2156605 (1939-05-01), Prettyman
patent: 3369455 (1968-02-01), Jones
patent: 3779130 (1973-12-01), Schnabele
patent: 3815469 (1974-06-01), Schubert et al.
patent: 3886841 (1975-06-01), Smith et al.

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