Societe Anonyme Dite: Societe Europeenne Depropulsion

Emile J Stauff

An assembly for launching a projectile comprises a launching tube having a smooth or rifled bore, a charge of gunpowder located in the tube for firing a projectile which is loaded in the tube in front of the charge, and a body of braking propellent which is located in the tube behind the gunpowder charge and which consists almost entirely of combustible substances. The body of braking propellent may be connected to the projectile by means of a cylindrical sleeve to form a rigid unit which is loadable as a round in the launching tube, the sleeve containing the gunpowder charge.

Assembly for launching a projectile

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.

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Versailles, France

Emile J Stauff