Method and device for transmitting energy to a projectile

#1. Field of the Invention

#The invention relates to transmitting energy to a projectile during passage through the barrel and/or passage through the muzzle brake.

#2. Description of the Background Art

#The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus, are not limitive of the present invention, and wherein:

#FIG. 1 illustrates an energy transmission system;

#FIG. 2 illustrates the energy transmission system in a combination with a V0 measurement;

#FIG. 1 shows an energy transmission system 1, here incorporated between an end 2′ of a gun barrel 2 and a muzzle brake 3 (not a necessary condition). The energy transmission system 1 having at least one waveguide 4 (and/or waveguide segments), and at least of a transmitting coupler 5 that is supplied with a frequency f2 by an oscillator 6. The reference number 7 identifies a projectile to which energy is to be transmitted during passage through the energy transmission system 1. The waveguide 4 in this design can be the start 3′ of the muzzle brake 3 or can be a component of the end of the gun barrel 2. In this example, the waveguide 4 is a separate part that is incorporated between the gun barrel 2 and the muzzle brake 3.

#FIG. 2 shows the energy transmission system 1 from FIG. 1 in combination with a V0 measurement. In the preferred embodiment, the same transmitting coupler 5 is used for the V0 measurement. The reference number 10 indicates a receiving coupler in the waveguide 4 that is required for the V0 measurement and that is electrically connected to an analysis device 11. An additional oscillator 12 supplies an additional signal with a frequency f1 for the V0 measurement.

#The mode of operation or the method is now explained in general with reference to the preferred embodiment from FIG. 2, which is to say in a possible combination of V0 measurement and energy transmission: