Weapons platform construction

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F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons

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F41A 23/00 (2006.01) B63G 1/00 (2006.01) B64D 7/04 (2006.01) F41A 21/48 (2006.01) F42B 5/03 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2465318

A vehicular weapons platform (30) including a plurality of barrel assemblies (10), wherein each barrel assembly includes a barrel (11), a plurality of projectiles (14) axially disposed within the barrel for operative sealing engagement with the bore of the barrel (11) and discrete propellant charges (15) for propelling respective projectiles sequentially through the muzzle of the barrel; and at least one of said plurality of barrel assemblies (10) includes a barrel which also forms a structural member of the weapons platform. In one preferred form, the weapons platform takes the form of a small combat aerial vehicle (SCAV) (30), wherein the barrel assemblies (10) form the airframe. A method of constructing a weapons platform from the barrel assemblies is also described.

Cette invention concerne une plate-forme (30) d'armes de véhicule comprenant une pluralité d'ensembles (10) de canons, chacun de ces ensembles de canons comprenant un canon (11), une pluralité de projectiles (14) disposés axialement dans le canon de manière qu'ils viennent fermer l'âme du canon (11), ainsi que des charges propulsives distinctes servant à propulser successivement les projectiles respectifs par la bouche du canon. Au moins un de ces ensembles (10) de canons comprend un canon qui forme également un élément structurel de la plate-forme d'armes. Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de cette invention, cette plate-forme d'armes se présente sous la forme d'un petit véhicule aérien de combat (30), les ensembles (10) de canons constituant la cellule. Cette invention concerne également un procédé de fabrication d'une plate-forme d'armes à partir de ces ensembles de canons.

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