Abstract: A vehicle drive assembly with a motor configured for driving the vehicle and including a rotatably driven motor shaft. A first swing arm has a first end housing the motor and a second end pivotably and supportively attachable to a vehicle body, with an elongated portion joining the ends. The vehicle also has a gearbox housing configured for transmitting torque to a road surface through a road engaging member, and a transmission directly engaged with the motor shaft and housed within the gearbox housing. The transmission is configured for transmitting torque from the motor shaft to the housing. A second swing arm is pivotably and supportively attachable to the vehicle body. An axle is fixed to the second swing arm, received within the gearbox housing, and attached to the transmission such that the second swing arm is supported by the transmission.

Abstract: A weapons system that fires projectiles of 20 to 500 millimeters or larger in diameter using a compression-ignition combustion of common fuel oils in conjunction with pre-compressed air as the firing force, in which automatic breech loading occurs during resetting, to enable a continuous, automatic rapid fire. Fuel pumped at a high pressure enters a combustion chamber, previously filled with high pressure air from an external compressor, where an extremely rapid combustion occurs, resulting in compression of the air in a charge chamber. A control valve then opens, allowing compressed air from the charge chamber, where high pressure fuel is then injected and instantly vaporized and combusted to propel a projectile through a barrel. A loading ram concurrently engraves the next round into a breech block chamber. In the resetting process, the valve reseats, air from an external compressor enters the combustion chamber via a check valve, and the combustion chamber is vented to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A weapons system that fires projectiles of 20 to 500 millimeters or larger in diameter using a compression-ignition combustion of common fuel oils in conjunction with pre-compressed air as the firing force, in which automatic breech loading occurs during resetting, to enable a continuous, automatic rapid fire. Fuel pumped at a high pressure enters a combustion chamber, previously filled with high pressure air from an external compressor, where an extremely rapid combustion occurs, resulting in compression of the air in a charge chamber. A control valve then opens, allowing compressed air from the charge chamber, where high pressure fuel is then injected and instantly vaporized and combusted to propel a projectile through a barrel. A loading ram concurrently engraves the next round into a breech block chamber. In the resetting process, the valve reseats, air from an external compressor enters the combustion chamber via a check valve, and the combustion chamber is vented to the atmosphere.