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Double ramming projectile assembly for guns

  • US 4,803,926 A
  • Filed: 06/03/1986
  • Issued: 02/14/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A projectile assembly for insertion into a gun of the type having a breech and a barrel and which involves a double ramming technique wherein the assembly is inserted into the breech, the projectile is moved from the assembly into the barrel and the remaining part of the assembly ejected and replaced by a propellant cartridge, the assembly including:

  • a projectile carrier having an internal bearing surface defining an axially directed cylinder having an open forward end;

    a projectile slidably engaging said surface;

    means within said cylinder at the aft end of said projectile for urging the latter out of said open end;

    means constraining said urging means for movement only within said cylinder; and

    means controlling said movement of said urging means and hence movement of said projectile from said carrier, whereby when said assembly is inserted into the breech of a gun, said projectile can be urged to a predetermined position in the barrel, and the spent projectile carrier subsequently removed from the breech to be replaced by a propellant cartridge which, when fired, propels said projectile from said predetermined position in the barrel.

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