MULTI-BULLET CARTRIDGE Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC F42B5/02 F42B5/03 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: multi-bullet cartridge includes case with igniter capsule, deflagrating propellant charge and several bullets. Bullets are located in the case one after the other, and the head part of the second bullet and each next one is arranged in the groove made in the end part of the previous bullet. Mating surfaces of the groove and head part of the bullet are cone-shaped and have large taper angle in the groove Through longitudinal channel with subsequent increase of its cross section is made in all the bullets except the first one. Diameter of longitudinal in the second bullet is assumed equal to 0.08-0.12 of the bullet calibre, and for each next bullet it has been chosen according to the following ratio where n - bullet ordinal number.

EFFECT: stable characteristic of initial velocity of each bullet.

2 cl, 2 dwg