Cartridge assembly

In a cartridge assembly of the type having:

• a casing means having a central axis and having open forward and breech ends housing a propellant charge and supporting a projectile assembly coaxially disposed in the open forward end and extending outward from said casing means;
• a stub casing mounted on said open breech end, said stub casing having a substantially central bore;
• an igniter means for generating a spark sealingly mounted in the bore of the stub casing and extending coaxially into the casing means;
• an obturator means mounted adjacent the forward end engaging the projectile assembly for fixedly mounting said projectile assembly to the casing means;
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• a plurality of flexible combustible priming tubes extending from said igniter means into said propellant charge within said casing means operative to ignite said propellant charge in response to the generated spark of said igniter means;
• the improvement comprising said igniter means having at least two mechanically interconnected portions receiving said priming tubes, said tubes extending through the propellant charge in an axially extending circumferentially and radially spaced array, each of said tubes having one end compressively clamped between said mechanically interconnected portions of said igniter means to anchor said tubes in place.