Assembly for launching a projectile
AssigneeSociete Anonyme Dite: Societe Europeenne dePropulsion
InventorEmile J. Stauff
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Abstract
An assembly for launching a projectile comprises a launch tube having a smooth or rifled bore, a charge of gunpowder located in the tube for firing a projectile which is placed in the tube in front of the charge, a braking propellant located in the tube behind the gunpowder charge and carrying a ballast material, and means ensuring that the gunpowder charge is ignited before the braking propellant. The braking propellant may be connected to a projectile by means of a sleeve to form a rigid unit which is loadable in the launch tube, the sleeve containing the gunpowder charge.
Claims17
A projectile launching assembly including a launch tube, a charge of gunpowder located in said launch tube for communication therewith upon ignition and for firing from said tube a projectile which is placed in said tube in front of said gunpowder charge, means permitting, upon firing, the application of pressure of gases from said gunpowder charge against the rear of the projectile and the inner wall of the launch tube, a braking propellant located in said launch tube behind said gunpowder charge, a ballast material carried by said braking propellant, and means for sequential ignition of said gunpowder charge followed by ignition of said braking propellant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.