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US 11,703,291 B2Granted
Recoilless automatic firearm
OwnerZhisong Huanginventor
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Abstract
An automatic recoilless firearm comprising a gun barrel and a compensating mass launch tube in which a projectile is accelerated in one direction inside said gun barrel counterbalanced by a compensating mass accelerated in the opposite direction inside said launch tube thereby minimizing recoil and further providing means of automatic ammunition handling. Said firearm further comprises a bolt or bolts and barrels configured to reduce or eliminate transmission of momentum and mechanical energy to the gun barrels and/or gun body during an operation of the firearm.
Claims29
An apparatus comprising:
- a first gun barrel comprising openings at both ends, one of the open ends of the first gun barrel comprising a first breech and another of the open ends of the first gun barrel comprising a first muzzle;
- a second gun barrel comprising openings at both ends, one of the ends of the second gun barrel comprising a second breech and another of the open ends of the second gun barrel comprising a second muzzle, the second gun barrel being coaxially aligned with the first gun barrel, the second breech of the second gun barrel facing the first breech of the first gun barrel, the first breech and the second breech being separated by a gap;
- a first cartridge in the first breech of the first gun barrel;
- a second cartridge in the second breech of the second gun barrel;
- an ignition device configured to ignite charges in the first cartridge and the second cartridge to launch the first cartridge in the first gun barrel and launch the second cartridge in the second gun barrel;
- a first loader to automatically load cartridges in the first gun barrel;
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- a second loader to automatically load cartridges in the second gun barrel.
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A method comprising:
- automatically loading a first cartridge in a first gun barrel of a gun device, the first cartridge being transported by a first cartridge carrier device, the first gun barrel comprising openings at both ends, one of the open ends of the first gun barrel comprising a first breech and another of the open ends of the first gun barrel comprising a first muzzle;
- automatically loading a second cartridge in a second gun barrel of the gun device, the second cartridge being transported by a second cartridge carrier device, the second gun barrel comprising openings at both ends, one of the ends of the second gun barrel comprising a second breech and another of the open ends of the second gun barrel comprising a second muzzle, the second gun barrel being coaxially aligned with the first gun barrel, the second breech of the second gun barrel facing the first breech of the first gun barrel, the first breech and the second breech being separated by a gap;
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- igniting, using an ignition device of the gun device, the first cartridge in the first gun barrel and the second cartridge in the second gun barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.