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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas P Tassie, St. George, VT (US);
Stephen J Bullis, Colchester, VT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89160 ; 89 12 ;
Abstract
A gun system is provided which includes a Gatling type gun; a barrel cluster having a torque assist device and coupled to a hydraulic starting subsystem to provide initial acceleration, rotational velocity control, braking and reverse clearing of the gun; and a gun gas drive to provide steady-state energy for rotation of the barrel cluster.