Patent ID: 7610856

Claim:
A complete ammunition round intended to be loaded as a coherent unit, the complete ammunition round comprising: a block powder propellant charge comprising a projectile arranged on a front end thereof and a bottom piece arranged on a rear end thereof, wherein the block powder propellant charge is for propulsion of the projectile through a barrel; a firing device arranged on the bottom piece of the block powder propellant charge; an elongate inner component arranged on or in close proximity to the projectile and mounted on the firing device through the block powder propellant charge, wherein the block powder propellant charge is a load-absorbing propellant charge, and wherein the block power charge and the elongate inner component have sufficient rigidity for bearing a load; and an external, insulating surface, coating and/or application which is of insufficient rigidity to bear the load; wherein the complete ammunition round is caseless.