Patent ID: 6138547
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: F42C

Abstract:
A shell-firing barrel weapon system for a single shot, semi-automatic or fully automatic firing, including a rifled barrel comprising a programming member for programming with programming pulses fuses in shells fired from the weapon before or in conjunction with firing of the shells, the system comprising:at least one contact in the barrel of the weapon and connected to the programming member for transmitting a programming pulse from the programming member to the fuses of the shells, the at least one contact being electrically insulated from the barrel and protruding into the barrel beyond bars of rifling of the barrel; andan electrically conductive contact ring concentrically arranged on the shells, the contact ring being electrically insulated from main parts of the shells and having an external diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the bars of the rifling of the barrel, the contact ring being positioned on the shells such that when the shell is located in a cartridge chamber of the weapon the contact ring directly contacts the contact device, and electric feedback of a programming pulse from the programming member takes place via contact between the main parts of the shells and an inside of the barrel of the weapon.