Ordnance – Accelerating
Patent
1991-03-11
1992-04-21
Bentley, Stephen C.
Ordnance
Accelerating
102522, 102517, 124 3, F41B 600, F42B 1406
Patent
active
051057131
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a projectile that is accelerated by electric or magnetic elds through the barrel of a gun. The projectile has an outer layer of composite material, the material having a ceramic constituent and an electrically conductive constituent. The projectile may also have a relatively soft or malleable discarding sabot which is electrically conductive.
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patent: 4148259 (1979-04-01), Yuhash et al.
patent: 4996455 (1991-02-01), Loffler et al.
Bentley Stephen C.
Kuhn David L.
Taucher Peter A.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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