Electromagnetic launching apparatus for reducing the chances of parasitic voltage breakdown between the rails during a projectile launch

摘要

An electromagnetic launcher having parallel rails (30, 31) bridged by a projectile driving armature (56). Another set of rails (36, 37), acting as current feed rails, delivers current, from an energy source (44), to the projectile rails at the far or muzzle end (33) thereof as opposed to the breech end (36), as is done in conventional electromagnetic launchers.