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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2009
Christer Regebro, Eskilstuna, SE;
Christer Regebro, Eskilstuna, SE;
SAAB AB, Linkoping, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates in general to a recoilless weapon () and, in particular to a new high- and low pressure system for recoilless weapons (). The invention provides a recoilless weapon () comprising a launch tube () open at muzzle () and breech () ends thereof, a projectile () and a counter mass () residing in said recoilless weapon (), the recoilless weapon () further comprises a high pressure part () containing a propellant charge () for propelling the projectile () and the counter mass () out of the launch system (), a low pressure part () containing the counter mass (), a blocking element () in the rear part of the launch tube () and gas-openings () between the high pressure part () and the low pressure part () The invention is characterized in that the projectile () is positioned in a first start position, where the projectile () is blocking the gas-openings () and where the projectile (), upon ignition of the propellant charge (), moves to further positions (') in the launch tube (), where the gas-openings, successively, are unblocked by the projectile ().