Recoilless gun

Abstract

Abstract A RECOILLESS GUN INCLUDING A LAUNCHING TUBE FROM WHICH A ROCKET-PROJECTLE CAN BE FIRED, AN EXPANSION NOZZLE AT THE REAR END OF THE TUBE, SAID NOZZLE BEING RIGIDLY CONNECTED WITH THE TUBE, A CYLINDRICAL JACKET SURROUNDING SAID NOZZLE, SAID JACKET BEING RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO THE NOZBLE, A SOLID-PROPELLANT CHARGE FOR EXPELLING THE ROCKETPROJECTILE OUT OF THE LAUNCHING TUBE, SAID SOLID-PROPELLANT CHARGE BEING ACCOMMODATED IN THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN THE NOZZLE WALL AND THE JACKET SURROUNDING THE NOZZLE, DISCHARGE OPENINGS FOR THE COMBUSTION GASES OF THE SOLID-PROPELLANT CHARGE, SAID OPENINGS BEING ARRANGED IN THE WALL OF THE NOZZLE AT THE BEINNING OF THE CONVEGENT PART EQUIDISTANT TO EACH OTHER AND ON A CIRCUMFERENCE, THE AXES OF SAID DISCHARGE OPENINGS LYING ON A LATERAL AREA OF A CONE AND INTERSECTING THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE LAUNCHING TUBE, A CARTRIDGE-CASE BASE BEING ARRANGED IN THE LAUNCHING TUBE BEHIND THE ROCKET-PROJECTILE, AND A FUSE LOCATED AT THE CENTRE OF SAID CARTRIDGECASE BASE FOR IGNITING SAID SOLID-PROPELLANT CHARGE, SAID CARTRIDGE-CASE BASE WITH SAID FUSE BEING ARRANGED IN THE LAUNCHING TUBE AT SUCH A DISTANCE FROM THE DISCHARGE OPENINGS THAT, WHEN IGNITING THE IGNITION CHARGE, THE EXPLOSION FLAMES OF SAID IGNITION CHARGE LEAK THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE OPENINGS AND IGNITE SAID SOLID-PROPELLANT CHARGE.

Inventors

• 👤 Hans-Georg Mebus

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