Live caseless ammunition - with auxiliary compressed charge anvil between ignition charge and internal fractionating charge

摘要

A propellant body (1) embracing a live caseless ammunition projectile (6), and which may be of generally rectangular cross-section and assembled from several parts, and with a fractionating charge (a) ahead of the rear ignition charge (17) has the latter two charges sepd. by a separate anvil body (A), acting as abutment for the ignition. The shaped anvil is highly compressed from combustible powder, fibre or fine-granular material or mixt. pref. the same compsn. as the fractionating charge, and may engage a shaped ledge (12) integral with the propellant body.