Liquid monopropellant gun
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1. A liquid monopropellant gun having a propellant lined breech when ready for firing comprising:
- a gun tube;
a breech fixed to one end of said gun tube;
a plurality of annular combustion chambers formed on the interior wall of said breech, the interior wall of each of said combustion chambers being defined by the surface of a projectile introduced into said breech; and
means for introducing liquid monopropellant into said annular combustion chambers.
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Abstract
A gun in which the interior wall of the breech portion of the bore is proed with a series of small annular combustion chambers distributed along the axis which are filled with liquid monopropellant to provide a propellant lined breech. Propellant is pumped into the annular combustion chambers through ports or fill orifices which communicate with an annular chamber surrounding the breech. This construction of the propellant in a series of small discrete volumes which eliminates the hydrodynamic instabilities associated with combustion of bulk loaded liquid propellants.
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1. A liquid monopropellant gun having a propellant lined breech when ready for firing comprising:
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a gun tube; a breech fixed to one end of said gun tube; a plurality of annular combustion chambers formed on the interior wall of said breech, the interior wall of each of said combustion chambers being defined by the surface of a projectile introduced into said breech; and means for introducing liquid monopropellant into said annular combustion chambers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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