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The projectile and propellant portions of two-piece cartridge are separately fed to a gun. In one embodiment, the gun is of the type having a cylinder defining a plurality of chambers and a single barrel. The cylinder rotates through a number of positions during each revolution during which the proj

The projectile and propellant portions of two-piece cartridge are separately fed to a gun. In one embodiment, the gun is of the type having a cylinder defining a plurality of chambers and a single barrel. The cylinder rotates through a number of positions during each revolution during which the projectile and propellant portions of a cartridge are separately loaded into each chamber, the cartridge is fired and the chamber is cleared.

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A two-piece non-telescoped caseless cartridge including a projectile portion and a propellant portion which are separately fed to a firing chamber of a gun, said propellant portion including: a shaped propellant charge; an ablator material disposed at an end portion of said propellant charge adjacen

A two-piece non-telescoped caseless cartridge including a projectile portion and a propellant portion which are separately fed to a firing chamber of a gun, said propellant portion including: a shaped propellant charge; an ablator material disposed at an end portion of said propellant charge adjacent said projectile; and a heat shrinkable polyester film encapsulating said propellant charge and said ablator material separately from said projectile.