McNab et al., 2006 - Google Patents
Naval railgunsMcNab et al., 2006
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- McNab I
- Beach F
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- IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
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Compared with propellant guns, railguns can fire at higher velocities and do not require gun propellant but use ships' fuel. These features lead to important advantages, including shorter time of flight (important for ship defense), higher lethality on target (important for direct fire) …
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
- F41A9/00—Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges
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