"Hybrid propellant electromagnet gun system" patent

[Coiler]

Found this 2017 patent for a "Hybrid Propellant Electromagnetic Gun System" that claims to be highly scalable. The source appears to be this small firm called Enig Associates. Curious what you make of it.

 

[jsport]

United States Patent Office announced today the issuance of Patent No. 9,476,668 (Application 13/916,176) entitled Hypervelocity Projectile Launching System - Enig Associates, Inc. https://share.google/6sYj0DVIRmIdxaEsk

 

[Scott Kenny]

Interesting. Launching a magnet down a parallel barrel with coils wrapped around it to provide the power for further accelerating the projectile.

Does mean some pretty heavy recoil, though.

 

[publiusr]

Now for the shell to be a tank of Hexanitrogen—a three-fer