Patent ID: 7555977
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: F41A,F41F

Abstract:
1. A gun for firing a round of caseless ammunition, a round of such ammunition having a projectile and a modular propellant, the gun comprising a gun tube, a breech housing and an in barrel air regulation system, the breech housing including a breech and a firing pin and valve assembly, said breech readily removable from the breech housing for loading the round into the gun tube, wherein the firing pin and valve assembly includes a valve, a firing pin assembly and an actuator assembly, the valve being mechanically actuated for introducing through the breech a pressure differential in the gun tube through the in barrel air regulation system, and wherein the firing pin assembly includes a latch and an actuator operably connected to a firing pin, the firing pin is maintained in a locked position through the latch until release by a fire control command.