Claims
- 1. A cannon cartridge propellant ignition assembly for connecting to a primer head in a cartridge case, said head containing an ignition device and an ignition charge therein, said assembly comprising:
- a solid igniter strand adapter body having an open end adapted to mate and engage with said primer head, an internal ignition chamber adapted to communicate with said ignition charge, a plurality of through bores extending through said adapter body into said chamber;
- a tubular metal sleeve pressed into each of said bores; and
- a plurality of flexible ignition strands each having one end frictionally clamped by and extending through one of said tubular sleeves so as to communicate into said ignition chamber, each of said sleeves confining a portion of said strand at said end in order to generate a high order propagation rate upon ignition.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a rigid support adapted to engage with a rear end of a long rod penetrator projectile and attached to the adapter body so as to hold and support the flexible strands during cartridge assembly.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/803,806, filed Dec. 09, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,183,961, issued Feb. 2, 1993, which is generally related to U.S patent application Ser. No. 07/773,758, filed Oct. 11, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,155,295, issued Oct. 13, 1992, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/429,461, filed Oct. 19, 1989, now abandoned; and U.S. Ser. No. 07/644,726, filed Jan. 23, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,129,324, issued Jul. 14, 1992, which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 07/429,461, filed Oct. 28, 1989, now abandoned.
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