Patent ID: 8430036

Claim:
A projectile cartridge comprising: a plurality of projectiles each comprising (a) a body portion comprising a penetrating nose portion, and (b) a tail-end portion connected to the body portion and having a smaller cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the body portion; and an alignment casing enclosing a portion of each of the plurality of projectiles and comprising a first combustible material, the alignment casing aligning the plurality of projectiles to eject in a parallel or diverging manner upon combustion of the first combustible material, wherein the tail-end portion of a first projectile of the plurality of projectiles comprises openings that distribute energy passing through the tail-end portion from combusting of an ignition charge, the distributed energy causing combustion of the first combustible material, and wherein the tail-end portion of a second projectile of the plurality of projectiles comprises a ball joint upon which the corresponding body portion moves causing an angle between the corresponding body portion and the corresponding tail-end portion.