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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2023
Mach Industries Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Ethan Thornton, Boerne, TX (US);
Abstract
A weapon system includes a rotatable part having a plurality of barrels arranged in an array, a drive motor connected to the rotatable part so as to drive the barrels in rotation, a static part positioned rearwardly of the rotatable part, a magazine positioned rearwardly of the static part, and an ammunition feed mechanism cooperative with projectiles in the magazine so as to move the projectiles from the magazine to a position adjacent to the end of the plurality of barrels. The static part has a plurality of combustion chambers communicating with the plurality of barrels and with the end of the plurality of barrels. The combustion chambers are adapted to ignite a gaseous fuel therein so as to drive a projectile outwardly through the barrels. A plurality of actuators are adapted to load the projectiles into the end of the plurality of barrels.