An assembly for effecting a variable volume chamber for use in a cannon
having a breech assembly operably coupled to a chamber, and includes the
chamber having a certain size being partially defined by a constant
diameter for a known depth dimension and having a known volume and a
breech plug assembly disposable in the chamber to a selectively variable
depth, the depth being less than the known depth of the chamber such that
the plug fills a first selectively variable portion of the known volume
of the chamber, thereby leaving a second variable portion of the known
volume of the chamber free and defining a chamber variable volume. A
Cannon including the variable volume chamber and a method of effecting a
variable volume chamber are further included.