CA945809A - High firing rate light gas hypervelocity gun and ammunition therefor - Google Patents

High firing rate light gas hypervelocity gun and ammunition therefor

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Publication number
CA945809A
CA945809A CA137,167A CA137167A CA945809A CA 945809 A CA945809 A CA 945809A CA 137167 A CA137167 A CA 137167A CA 945809 A CA945809 A CA 945809A
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Prior art keywords
firing rate
light gas
high firing
rate light
hypervelocity gun
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CA137,167A
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CA137167S (en
Inventor
David Dardick
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Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp
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TRW Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/37—Feeding two or more kinds of ammunition to the same gun; Feeding from two sides
    • F41A9/375—Feeding propellant charges and projectiles as separate units
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A1/00—Missile propulsion characterised by the use of explosive or combustible propellant charges
    • F41A1/02—Hypervelocity missile propulsion using successive means for increasing the propulsive force, e.g. using successively initiated propellant charges arranged along the barrel length; Multistage missile propulsion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/01—Feeding of unbelted ammunition
    • F41A9/24—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element
    • F41A9/26—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element using a revolving drum magazine
    • F41A9/27—Feeding of unbelted ammunition using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element using a revolving drum magazine in revolver-type guns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
    • F41A9/38—Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position
    • F41A9/46—Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position the cartridge chamber being formed by two complementary elements, movable one relative to the other for loading
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F1/00—Launching apparatus for projecting projectiles or missiles from barrels, e.g. cannons; Harpoon guns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B5/00—Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges
    • F42B5/02—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile
    • F42B5/045—Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile of telescopic type

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
  • Automotive Seat Belt Assembly (AREA)
  • Feeding, Discharge, Calcimining, Fusing, And Gas-Generation Devices (AREA)
  • Molds, Cores, And Manufacturing Methods Thereof (AREA)
CA137,167A 1967-08-31 1972-03-15 High firing rate light gas hypervelocity gun and ammunition therefor Expired CA945809A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US66488267A 1967-08-31 1967-08-31

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CA945809A true CA945809A (en) 1974-04-23

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US (1) US3496827A (en)
BE (1) BE720223A (en)
CA (1) CA945809A (en)
CH (1) CH492186A (en)
DE (1) DE1728132C3 (en)
ES (1) ES357761A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1603952A (en)
GB (1) GB1248784A (en)
IL (1) IL30611A0 (en)
SE (2) SE368082B (en)

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US4383472A (en) * 1979-10-29 1983-05-17 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Primer device
US4336741A (en) * 1980-01-17 1982-06-29 Ford Motor Company Liquid propellant velocity assistance system for guns
US4658699A (en) * 1983-09-12 1987-04-21 Astron Research And Engineering Wave gun
US4644843A (en) * 1985-09-10 1987-02-24 The United States Of Amercia As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Gas actuated gun system for launching a projectile
US5924230A (en) * 1996-07-17 1999-07-20 Hoke, Jr.; Clare L. Resilient breech firearm
US7926403B1 (en) * 2006-06-29 2011-04-19 Utron Inc. Transient, high rate, closed system cryogenic injection
WO2009146809A1 (en) * 2008-05-30 2009-12-10 Diehl Bgt Defence Gmbh & Co. Kg Weapon system with caseless munition
BR112015005912A2 (en) 2012-09-17 2017-08-08 Open Chamber Systems Llc open chamber mechanism and ammunition.
RU2526574C2 (en) * 2012-11-22 2014-08-27 Российская Федерация, от имени которой выступает Государственная корпорация по атомной энергии "Росатом" - Госкорпорация "Росатом" Ballistic unit
CN104534924B (en) * 2014-12-11 2016-03-16 哈尔滨工业大学 A kind of rotating light-gas gun device

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US2648257A (en) * 1951-09-21 1953-08-11 Everett N Stanley Projectile-accelerating mechanism for firearms
US2872846A (en) * 1954-07-07 1959-02-10 William D Crozier High velocity gun
US2865126A (en) * 1954-09-03 1958-12-23 Dardick Corp Open chamber gun
US2882796A (en) * 1957-02-15 1959-04-21 Austin B J Clark Hypervelocity gun
US3311020A (en) * 1965-03-11 1967-03-28 Piacesi Robert Multiple piston two-stage light gas launcher

Also Published As

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SE349389B (en) 1972-09-25
DE1728132A1 (en) 1972-07-27
GB1248784A (en) 1971-10-06
US3496827A (en) 1970-02-24
BE720223A (en) 1969-02-03
DE1728132C3 (en) 1979-03-01
SE368082B (en) 1974-06-17
ES357761A1 (en) 1970-05-01
DE1728132B2 (en) 1978-06-15
IL30611A0 (en) 1969-01-29
CH492186A (en) 1970-06-15
FR1603952A (en) 1971-06-21

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