Cartridge containing a projectile and a ramming device.

摘要

@ A projectile assembly comprising a carrier (2) and a projectile (1) arranged for insertion in the unmodified breech of a gun, the carrier (2) having a ramming piston (9) which urges the projectile (1) into the barrel of the gun ready for firing whereupon the carrier (2) is ejected and replaced by a propellant cartridge for firing the projectile (1) from the barrel. The assembly (1 ),(2) is suitable for use in a belt fed automatic gun in which projectile assemblies are alternately interspersed with propellant cartridges such that a projectile (1) is placed in the gun barrel by the projectile carrier (2), the carrier (2) is ejected and then the next item on the belt, a propellant cartridge is placed in the breech for firing the gun.