Patent ID: 7707941
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: F41A,F42B

Abstract:
1. A cartridge assembly including: a support body having a central longitudinal channel housing a plurality of projectiles in end-to-end orientation and having a plurality of chambers arranged around the central longitudinal channel, wherein each chamber houses several propellant charges and is located adjacent to a respective projectile; a plurality of sub-chambers formed in each chamber for accommodating a respective propellant charge of said several propellant charges, each propellant charge can be individually initiated and is associated with an initiator for the individual initiation of the propellant charge; an aperture included in the support body for communicating the products of a gaseous expansion of said propellant from a respective sub-chamber into said central longitudinal channel; whereby, upon initiation of a selected propellant charge, the communicated products of gaseous expansion from a chamber force or eject a respective projectile from the cartridge assembly.