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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Markus Loffler, Unterluss, DE;
Assignee:
TZN Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Unterluss GmbH, Unterluss, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89-8 ; 124-3 ;
Abstract
A rail gun for accelerating a projectile therein includes a hollow insulating body forming a gun tube; and two rail assemblies supported in the gun tube and together defining an acceleration channel to accommodate a projectile for being propelled therein by a plasma armature generated by a high intensity current flowing through the rail assemblies and an electric arc connecting the rail assemblies. At least one of the rail assemblies includes a layer of an electrically conducting metal wool mass extending along and bounding the acceleration channel and an insulating substance held in the metal wool mass.