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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfram Witt, Dusseldorf, DE;
Markus Loffler, Unterluss, DE;
Ulrich Braunsberger, Broistedt, DE;
Jurgen Salge, Salzgitter, DE;
Assignees:
Rheinmetall GmbH, Dusseldorf, DE;
TZN Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum GmbH, Unterluss, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-8 ; 102375 ; 124-3 ;
Abstract
A device for accelerating projectiles from a muzzle of a launching tube, with an electrically heated plasma, the plasma being produced by two electrodes between which is formed an electric arc that creates and heats the plasma. To assure in a simple manner that the pressure at the projectile base is almost constant during launching of the projectile, one of the two electrodes is provided at a breechblock of the tube and the other is formed by the base of the projectile.