Consumable caseless ammunition and firearm for utilizing same

A projectile for use in a firearm in which a separate solid propellant charge is ignited behind the projectile to propel the latter through a barrel, said projectile comprising:

• a body, said body containing a recess at a rearward end thereof;
• primer means mounted in said recess substantially coaxially relative to the axis of said projectile, said primer means including a metallic casing and a primer charge contained therein.

A projectile for use in a firearm in which a separate solid propellant charge is ignited behind the projectile to propel the latter through a barrel, said projectile comprising:

• a body, said body containing a recess at a rearward end thereof;
• primer means mounted in said recess, said primer means including a casing and a primer charge contained therein, and
• a slow burning tracer charge disposed in said recess ahead of said primer charge to be ignited by ignited primer charge.

A projectile for use in a firearm of the type comprising a body including a receiver, a barrel connected to said receiver, and a firing chamber communicating with a bore of the barrel;

• and a bolt slidably mounted in said body for advancing the projectile to an armed position within said firing chamber, said projectile comprising a body having an outer periphery, and a rim formed of anti-friction material projecting radially beyond said outer periphery, said rim being engageable with a portion of said firearm body to locate said projectile in its firing position, said rim being engageable by a portion of said bolt upon retraction of the latter to extract said projectile from its firing position, said rim constituting a lubricant and an obturation seal for said projectile as the latter is expelled from said bore.