Combined ammunition

Combined ammunition of various calibers The half-cell of a modern shotgun.

Combined ammunition - a type of ammunition for firearms in which the projectile, propellant charge and firing compound are combined with a shell.

Integrated ammunition was patented and demonstrated for the first time in 1812. The invention of 1808, improved after the synthesis of mercury lightning in 1809, was the French sculptor of the Swiss Samuel Johannes Pauly. During his organized show, he shot 22 shots at the time the Napoleonic army soldier needed to fire, reload his gun, and re-take his shotgun. After Napoleon's fall, Pauly fell into disrepute and was forced to leave France. There is no reliable information on the details of the ammunition of his idea, since the patent of 29 September 1812 was destroyed. However, it can be assumed that the ammunition contained a paper scabbard and a spitfire of its own idea inside the gunpowder, for in 1836 they used both Pauline Casimir Lefaucheux and his pupil Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse. The improved Dreyse rifle was introduced into the armaments of the Prussian army in 1841. The introduction of integrated cartridges revolutionized and greatly accelerated the loading process. From the end of the 19th century, small arms were used in small arms. There are also experiments with the helpless ammunition.

In artillery, ammunition is also used for separate calibrated ammunition (shell and shell separately, or dust bags). Bibliography

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