RE: Tank Sizes

I would imagine that propellant would be supplied in insertable
cartridge
reservoirs (i.e. 2x 10 gallon drums of Binary propellant) that way all
the
resupply folks have to do is pop the armored hatch (breakaway in case of
mixing/explosion) and slide the liquid propellant canister into place. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Popeyesays@aol.com [SMTP:Popeyesays@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 12:41 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: Tank Sizes
> 
> In a message dated 1/31/00 1:21:59 PM Central Standard Time, 
> monty@arcadia.turner.com writes:
> 
> << One area this has pushed things is the development of liquid
> propellants 
>  for the main gun. Thus you'd have a projectile that was inserted,
close 
>  the breech, squirt a given volume or weight of propellant into the 
>  chamber and *BOOM*. This would make resupply a bit odd in that you'd 
>  transfer half of your ammo load via hose rather than by hand through
the 
>  turret hatch. The big issue is the volatile nature of such a
propellant. 
>   >>
> 
> Seems to cry out for a binary system - where you have two liquids or
gases
> 
> that are NOT volatile until mixed.