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" A small rocket, called a rocket driver by the designers, was attached to the fuze. When the mortar was fired, the rocket driver hurled the shell back into the barrel where it struck the firing pin. "I'll bet that made misfires fun. I can't see how that is less complicated than loading the tube from the rear and using a trigger-operated firing pin, not a fixed one. They'll have needed a completely revised breech anyway in order for it to be recoilless.
" A small rocket, called a rocket driver by the designers, was attached to the fuze. When the mortar was fired, the rocket driver hurled the shell back into the barrel where it struck the firing pin. "
I'll bet that made misfires fun. I can't see how that is less complicated than loading the tube from the rear and using a trigger-operated firing pin, not a fixed one. They'll have needed a completely revised breech anyway in order for it to be recoilless.
