Patent ID: 11959711
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A recoilless gun system comprising:
a gun assembly further comprising:
an integral barrel having a forward muzzle and a rear muzzle, and
an initiator mounted on said integral barrel for providing an initiation stimulus to a primer charge contained within the integral barrel;
an ammunition round further comprising a frangible cartridge case comprising a front cavity housing a propellant and a payload and a rear cavity housing a ballast mass, said cartridge case having an exterior surface defining a plurality of scored regions along a forward portion of the exterior surface, each of the scored regions extending longitudinally from a front of the cartridge surface and a plurality of scored regions along a rear portion of the exterior surface, each of the scored regions extending longitudinally from a back of the cartridge case;
the primer charge situated between said front cavity and rear cavity and ignited by the initiation device to initiate the payload propellant; and wherein to operate, the ammunition round is inserted in the rear muzzle of the integral barrel said primer charge is ignited by the initiator and the ballast mass is propelled out of the rear muzzle to counteract the force of the ejecting payload out of the forward muzzle and wherein the cartridge case is configured to break up and be propelled out of the forward muzzle and rear muzzle of the integral barrel with the ballast mass and the payload.