Cartridge assembly for multiple projectiles

The cartridge assembly of any preceding claim wherein the support body has transverse annular walls forming ends of said circumferential chambers.

The cartridge assembly of any preceding claim further including a cover arranged about the outer periphery of the support body to close off the radially outward opening of the circumferential chambers.

A cartridge assembly including a unitary support body, the support body having a central longitudinal channel housing two or more projectiles in abutting end to end orientation and having two or more circumferential chambers located adjacent a respective projectile;

• wherein each circumferential chamber houses a propellant charge and the support body further has two or more apertures for communicating the products of a gaseous expansion of said propellant from a respective chamber into said central longitudinal channel;
• whereby, in use, the communicated products of gaseous expansion from a circumferential chamber thus force a respective projectile from the cartridge assembly.

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 circumferential chambers, wherein each chamber houses several propellant charges and is located adjacent to a respective projectile;
• a plurality of sub-chambers formed in each circumferential chamber for accommodating a respective propellant charge of said several propellant charges;
• fluid communication means 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.