AUTOMATIC CASELESS WEAPON SYSTEM Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: automatic caseless weapon systems. SUBSTANCE: weapon system uses a barrel, bolt, bolt support with a gas piston, recoil mechanism and a receiver. The specific feature of the system is the provision of a cylinder with several chambers and blades on its surface and an exhaust tube of nonburning particles of ammunition ejection charge. The chamber positioned in the upper position may function as a cartridge chamber. The exhaust tube of non-burnt particles of ammunition ejection charge is positioned in the front part of the receiver for alignment with the front part of the cylinder chamber at a feed of ammunition to this chamber. The rod of the gas piston serves as the axle of the cylinder. Due to provision of several cylinder chambers, one of which participates in the shot, and the others are being cooled, and intensified ventilation accomplished by the cylinder blades, there is no danger of spontaneous ignition of caseless ammunition. EFFECT: enhanced safety. 2 cl, 5 dwg