Sealing Apparatus For Exclusion of Water From Underwater Gun Barrels.

Abstract

A sealing apparatus which may be mounted on multi or single barreled guns is disclosed to provide a watertight seal on an underwater gun. The sealing apparatus comprises a sealing plate connected to a gun barrel and a muzzle seal which fit on the muzzle of the gun barrel and frictionally engages the sealing plate. The sealing plate includes a firing aperture which aligns with the gun barrel when the gun is fired.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1996
Accession Number
ADD018009

Entities

People

  • Ivan N. Kirschner
  • Joseph J. Stance
  • Laurance M. Dean

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Brushless Dc Motors
  • Combustion
  • Drag Reduction
  • Gun Barrels
  • Gun Muzzles
  • Guns
  • High Temperature
  • Hydraulic Actuators
  • Inventions
  • Machine Guns
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • O Rings
  • Patents
  • Projectiles

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • ballistics.