Multi-purpose projectile launcher

Details Multi-purpose projectile launcher Multi-purpose projectile launcher

1996-07-19

1998-01-13

Ricci, John A.

Mechanical guns and projectors

Fluid pressure

With control for discharge of fluid pressure

124 83, 124 85, F41B 1106

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057067953

ABSTRACT:
A multi-purpose projectile launcher including a body, a barrel forwardly projecting from the body, and a tube forwardly projecting from the body within the barrel and concentric with the barrel to form an annular-shaped space therebetween. A tubular projectile extends over the tube within the barrel and forms a seal between the barrel and the tube. A firing assembly releases gas from a cartridge into an interior chamber, which is in fluid flow communication with the space behind the projectile, to drive the projectile over the tube and out of the barrel. The gas cartridge can be a pressurized gas cartridge having CO.sub.2 or N.sub.2 or a self-generating gas cartridge having gunpowder. The projectile can be longitudinally segmented so that a deflector located at a forward end of the tube separates and deflects the segments radially outward from the tube at equal velocities. The segments can be utilized to evenly deploy hobble lines or a net.

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