Fn Herstal S.a.

Bernard Baps

Romain Santus

Damien Verhaegen

Hugues Libotte

Patrick Heins

Benjamin Istaz

Guillaume Pont

The present disclosure relates to a primer for a personal firearm. The primer includes a primer cup including a cylindrical side wall closed at one outer end by a bottom; a pyrotechnic charge placed in the primer cup; an electrical component suitable for producing the thermal energy needed for priming the pyrotechnic charge, the charge being in contact with the electrical component; a printed circuit board, said printed circuit board having an internal face comprising the electrical component in contact with the pyrotechnic charge, characterized in that said printed circuit board forms at least in part the outer bottom of the primer cup.

Electrical priming of a firearm primer

The present disclosure relates to an ammunition intended for cooperating with a barrel including a first fastening element. The ammunition has a cartridge case housing a projectile and an electrically primed primer for projecting the projectile during use. The cartridge case has a second fastening element to lock the ammunition in the barrel onto the first fastening element.

Lockable ammunition

Handgun

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Couthuin, Belgium

Bernard Baps