Abstract:
A caseless ammunition firearm having a bore communicating with a barrel containing a caseless propellant and a projectile, the walls of the barrel containing a removable low thermal conductivity sleeve or liner fabricated of polytetrafluoroethylene.
Abstract:
An aerosol container combined with apparatus to relieve excessive interior pressures in the form of a fluted stab located adjacent a pressure deformable portion of the container such that upon deformation thereof the stab will make contact and pierce an opening therethrough.
Abstract:
A projectile housing. A body of pyrotechnic material in the housing. A fuze container fixed to the base end of the housing. A burning fuze material in the fuze container, the container fabricated of a material that looses its structural integrity in response to the heat of the fuze flame front, whereby upon impact of the projectile that container separates exposing the burning fuze to the body of pyrotechnic material.