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Sorry Fre, I have been indisposed all day today, I went fishing, and that is very important when you a re an MST holder, it gives you time to recollect your thoughts LOL.


I have had time to read that patent that the adder posted (thanks) and the more I read it, the more I believe it was initially aimed at the AICW and I say this because of this line in the patent "Ammunition calibres of 9-60 mm, and preferably 20, 30, 40 mm grenade shells, must be capable of being utilized in the arrangement"
The bit that says preferably ..... 40mm grenade shells gives it away in my opinion, this technology will be used first in tha AICW if it works? but it also applies to all other weapons as well I would think.

What they are attempting to do is basically shorten the length used in the existing method of the combined projectiles in the barrel, by this I mean that it may be possible for instance to have say 5 grenades in what is the 3GL today, so I gues it may become the 5GL, but more likely just the AICW? this may pose as apossible problem for the 3GL because I doubt very much whether any country would want two different types of rounds for similar weapons?

The way they achieve this is that there isn't a tail on the grenade anymore, each grenade is basically sitting one behind the other in an inner tube the same calibre as the barrell this tube sits inside another tube which is larger in diameter that the inner tube, the propellant is placed between the walls of these two tubes and a seperator denotes the position of the front each grenade in the inner tube and the front section on the first round is blokcked between the two tubes, there are holes in the inner tube to allow the expanding gasses to enter behind the projectile to be fired.

So in essence they have moved the propellant from behind each projectile shortening the length of the combined stack, they have now placed that propellant around the outside of each projectile sitting between the two walls of the inner and outer tubes both of which form the cartridge which is inserted into the weapon, this would mean that the breach area of the weapon would be slightly larger in diameter than the barrel itself , it could for instance mean that the breach for a 40mm grenade launcher could be 51mm in diameter to a 50mm tube holding the 40mm grenades inside that throwaway tube, it may be slightly smaller in diameter? but the same principles would apply!