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Caseless ammunition (CL), [1] or caseless cartridge, is a configuration of weapon-cartridge that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant and projectile together as a unit. Instead, the propellant and primer are fitted to the projectile in another way so that a cartridge case is not needed, for example inside or ...
The Heckler & Koch G11 is a non-production prototype assault rifle developed from the late 1960s to the 1980s by Gesellschaft für Hülsenlose Gewehrsysteme (GSHG) (German for "Association for Caseless Rifle Systems"), a conglomeration of companies headed by firearm manufacturer Heckler & Koch (mechanical engineering and weapon design), Dynamit Nobel (propellant composition and projectile ...
The Alliant Techsystems ammunition production team cut production time and costs by reducing the number of steps used to complete processing from fourteen to two. [1] The second spiral of caseless ammunition was rolled out in 2008, with the necessary facilities to produce the ammunition in bulk completed. [2]
Cased telescoped ammunition weighs 40% less than brass-cased ammo, so a 100-round ammunition belt weighs about 2 lb for the LSAT, compared to 3.3 lb for a brass-cased belt. [ 8 ] A soldier engages a close range target with the light machine gun during a military unit assessment at Fort Benning, Ga.
The Voere VEC-91 is a rifle made by Voere and was the first commercial sporting rifle to combine caseless ammunition and electronic firing.Depending on the cartridge that was chambered for, it could fire either a 5.56 millimetres (0.219 in), 5.7 millimetres (0.22 in), or 6 millimetres (0.24 in) projectile at muzzle velocities at up to 930 metres per second (3,100 ft/s).
The Daisy V/L was the first production rifle for caseless ammunition. It was released in 1968 by Daisy Outdoor Products. In 1961, Cass Hough, the president of Daisy Heddon division of Victor Comptometer, purchased the design of a new firearm system. The new system was developed by a Belgian chemist named Jules Van Langenhover.
Telescoped ammunition for the 40 mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS) by CTA International (right) 4.73×33mm telescoped and caseless ammunition for the Heckler & Koch G11, with .223 Remington cased ammunition for comparison. Telescoped ammunition is an ammunition design in which the projectile is partially or completely enveloped by the ...
The Alliant Techsystems ammunition production team has reduced the production time and costs by reducing from fourteen to two the number of steps used to complete processing. [11] The second spiral of caseless ammunition was rolled out in 2008, with the necessary facilities to produce the ammunition in bulk completed. [2]