A radar-absorbing material projectile system including a projectile with an outer layer of radar-absorbing material (RAM). A carrier or armature is disposed around the projectile, protecting the layer of RAM during the firing sequence. In some embodiments the carrier is a discarding carrier which falls away after firing, rendering the projectile low-observable with regard to radar detection due to the layer of RAM.

This ammunition and weapon system, in which a projectile (7) is thrust by a propellant gas obtained from the combustion of a propellant charge (10) inside a barrel (4) that is closed at one end by a breech (1) and is open at its other end, is characterized that at least part of the propulsion gases generated by the combustion of the propellant charge (10) runs through a nozzle (3) which is located in the barrel (4), between the breech (1) and the projectile (7), and which comprises a convergent (3a), a neck (3b) and a divergent (3c), one after the other in the direction of the open end of the barrel.

A radar-absorbing material projectile system including a projectile with an outer layer of radar-absorbing material (RAM). A carrier or armature is disposed around the projectile, protecting the layer of RAM during the firing sequence. In some embodiments the carrier is a discarding carrier which falls away after firing, rendering the projectile low-observable with regard to radar detection due to the layer of RAM.