Plymouth, MN: Orbital ATK Armament Systems. – 2 p. Currently in use with the 30mm Gatling gun on the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt. Applications. Performance. Rounds. Ammunition Technical Data.
St.Petersburg, FL: General Dynamic Ordnance and Tactical Systems. 2006. - 2 p. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems' 30mm GAU-8/A ammunition was the most effective ammunition used in Operation Desert Storm. Performance has been proven against all targets, including tanks, armored and light vehicles. Not only combat effective, but cost effective. The PGU-15/B is the...
South Burlington, Vermont: Arrow Tech Associates Inc. — 14 p. Arrow Teth course catalog. With PRODAS you can create a projectile model, calculate mass properties, estimate a full set of aerodynamic coefficients, fly 4DOF, 6DOF and body foxed trajectories, and calculate penetration of KE projectiles and other. Basic PRODAS Using PRODAS to solve Problems Advanced user PRODAS...
(Ammunition for mortars from Hirtenbergen Defense Systems, Austria (production of weapons and ammunition)). Dokument in PDF-format. - Wien, Austria: Hirtenberger defence systems. 2000. – 8 p. Founded back in 1860, today Hirtenberger Defence Systems offers top quality and precision-made ammunition for a range of mortars, tanks and artillery weapon systems. Sustained research,...
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2007. – 20 p. Fragmentation is characterized by a static arena test. In this test, fragmentation data are assembled in a Z-data file, which serves as input to lethality models and includes the velocity and angle of inclination of the warhead to estimate the lethal area of fragmentation. In this report, a new method to...
30 p. Our Terms of Reference. Two ways to incapacitate. Small Arms Lethality. New Swedish pop-up target. Two main problems with current and future soldier systems. NATO Rifle Calibers. Compared performance of NATO rounds. Development of 5.56mm SS109 round. History of 5.56 NATO. Benefits of 5.56 over 7.62. Swedish experience.
Thesis. — Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, 2008. — 114 p. Asfan Y. Analysis of existing and structural design of aerodynamically optimized mortar mines. Mortar shell design is one of the most critical components in defense organization of projectile design. Unavilability of data and literature regarding artillery projectiles and rocket warheads, are considered to be one of...
Report. - Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Research Laboratory. 1993. – 33 p. Recent advances in large-caliber gun propulsion systems have exacerbated the problems associated with reproducible and reliable ignition. The use of liquid propellant in the Advanced Field Artillery System (AFAS) 155-mm howitzer, multicomponent Unicharge in 155-mm howitzers and two-piece...
/Design of guided weapon systems. Monograph. -New Delhi: Defense research and development organization, 1998. -178 p. Dr. R. Balakrishnan has brought out his vast experience in design and development of various missile systems in the form of a monograph for missile design. It is a well-prepared document and tremendous efforts have gone in detailing system design with...
Automation and Control Engineering. — CRC Press, 2012. — 720 p. ISBN: 1420083139. Stringent demands on modern guided weapon systems require new approaches to guidance, control, and estimation. There are requirements for pinpoint accuracy, low cost per round, easy upgrade paths, enhanced performance in counter-measure environments, and the ability to track low-observable...
No input data. – 6 p. Within the field of artillery techniques there has been a continual striving to increase the range and precision of field guns. Increased range is achieved either by gun improvements, which even include such modifications to propellant charges that a redesign of gun parts is required due to for example increased gas pressure in the barrel, or by...
N.d. – 11 p. Guns are generally classified according to use, size, and tradition. This varies among the military services. The basic distinction is between small arms and artillery. Any gun below a 20-millimeter bore size is generally classified as a small arm. An alternative term gaining increasing currency is "light arms," to include individual and light support weapons. The...
No input data. – 13 p. In numerose applicazioni balistiche, ed in particolare per calcolare la resistenza aerodinamica di un proiettile, occorre spesso disporre delle formule che consentono di descrivere analiticamente un puntale ogivale quando se ne conoscano le caratteristiche dimensionali. In questo scritto sono riportate e dimostrate tali formule, e precisamente è riportata...
2nd edition. — CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. — XVIII, 601 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4665-6437-4. This book covers exterior ballistics, exploring the physics behind trajectories, including linear and nonlinear aeroballistics, and focuses on the effects of projective impact, including details on shock physics, shaped charges, penetration, fragmentation, and wound ballistics. Reviews...
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007. — 502 p. This book is an outgrowth of a graduate course taught by the authors for the Stevens. Institute of Technology at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. Engineers and scientists at. the arsenal have long felt the need for an armature of the basic physics, chemistry, electronics, and practice on which to flesh out...
Naval postgraduate school, Monterey, California, USA (Naval postgraduate school), 2009. -76 p. (In English). In the combat scenario where the infrared missile is an almost continuous threat during the operation, fighter aircraft are currently quite susceptible to being killed in attacks by infrared missiles Theoretical analysis applied to an encounter simulation seems to...
Research paper. Advance in Electronic and Electric Engineering. ISSN: 2231-1297, Volume 3, Number 8 (2013), pp. 959-964. In this paper, a flight path rate demand two loop autopilot in pitch plane called lateral autopilot is considered where the steady state gain of the autopilot system is non-unity .The present work is an attempt to achieve a unity steady state gain of the...
(Comparison of fragmentation of 120 mm Brandt mortar mines and 4.2'' (106.68 mm) M329 mines) Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren. 1952. – 17 p. This analysis was undertaken to determine the relative lethal effectiveness of three types of mortar projectiles: (1) the I20mm Light Brandt, TNT loaded; (2) the 120mia Heavy Brandt, TNT loaded and (3) the 4.2’’ M329, Composition B loaded.
Advertising paper. The source, date of publication are not identified. -2 p. The 155mm Projectile HE M107 is compatible with the most 155mm howitzers, using cannons, M1A1, M126/M126A1, M284, M185 and M199. General. Complete Round. Technical Data Projectile HE, M107. Packaging.
Document in PDF-format. 2008. – 42 p. Mission: to destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket or missile fire ensuring the integration of all supporting fires in a combined arms operation. Goal: to provide an overview of historical highlights in the development / evolution of artillery and provide a snap shot of future trends.
(Driesdale B.X. Structural integration in the design of feathered armor-piercing sub-caliber projectiles). Technical report. – Aberdeen: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory. 1981, - 54 p. In this report, rational design of long-rod kinetic energy projectiles is considered from the aspect of structural integrity. Primary emphasis is placed on determining the length and...
Stuttgart: 7th European LS-DYNA Conference, 2009, 10 June. This paper deals with the development of a finite element model of a 40 mm Case Telescoped Ammunition and its associated gun, able to describe the in-bore travel of the projectile during firing. This work is part of a Ph.D. thesis, supervised by СТА International and the PRISME Institute, dedicated to the study of the...
France: Giat Industries. - 5 p. The efficiency of large calibre armour piercing fin stabilised discarding sabot projectiles (APFDS) is primarily linked to their terminal ballistics performances. But other parameters, such as its accuracy and its yaw at the impact have also a large influence on the performance. These two parameters magnitude, as well as the survivability of the...
Army Materiel Command. Alexandria, Virginia. 1974 – 291 p. Army Materiel Command АМСР 706-188. This handbook embraces the areas to be considered in the design of pyrotechnic ammunition with emphasis on the engineering aspects of the terminal effects. Associated topics to be considered during the design such as light, sound, heat, ignition, and ballistic considerations-are...
Authorship is not identified. Document in PDF-format. - 5 p. The M107 is a conventional, hollow forged steel projectile filled with TNT high-explosive. A TNT supplemental charge may be fitted to projectiles loaded with a deep intrusion fuze cavity and is removable for assembling proximity fuzes such as the M514, M728 and M783 to the projectile. The 155mm Projectile HE M107 is...
Weapons systems division defence science and technology organisation. 2007. – 51 p. This report is a follow on to the report given in DSTO-TN-0449 and considers the derivation of the mathematical model for aerospace vehicles and missile autopilots in state space form. The basic equations defining the airframe dynamics are non-linear, however, since the nonlinearities are...
(Fisette Michael F., Danesi Michael E. Comprehensive evaluation of rod armor-piercing cores.) Final report. The Ballistic Research Laboratory. 1990. – 147 p. To address the perceived increasing burdens associated with the use of depleted uranium (DU) as a kinetic energy (KE) penetrator material the AMCCOM Task Group examined use of alternate material and considered the impacts...
Luleå, Sweden: Luleå University of Technology, 2013. — 94 p. Sophisticated artillery munitions with guiding capabilities might be fin stabilised and thus deployment time of the fins is then critical to achieve aerodynamic stability. As the travelling velocity of the projectile during fin deployment can be well in to the supersonic range, the wind loads are large enough to...
(Francis James A. 76mm Ammunition Program (Quarterly Progress Report)). - Report: - Dahlgren, Virginia: Naval Weapons Laboratory. 1972. - 65 p. Major accomplishments during the period of 1 September through 31 December 1972 are reported. The program objectives approach, schedule and the organization of technical responsibilities are given. Technical specifications provided by...
Washington, D.C.: the National Rifle Association of America, 1990. — ISBN: 0-935998-57-8 First impressions the cartridge case The bullet Shotshells Clay targets Primers and priming Powder Loading Ballistics in the factory Troubles Accuracy The .22 match cartridge Quality control Fires and explosions Working in foreign lands Tidying up A few final thoughts
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. XLI, 304 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4398-5059-6 (eBook - PDF). The threat variables associated with military ordnance are enormous, requiring the application of a structured process to identify unknown munitions. The focus of Practical Military Ordnance Identification is the application of a practical deductive process to identify unknown...
Livermore, California: University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 2003. – 92 p. High explosive enclosed by a metal case qualitatively describes an essential component of high energy systems of importance to the Department of Energy. Detonation of the high explosive causes intense transient pressure loading of the metal following arrival of normal or...
Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. Proc. of SPIE Vol.6955. – 12 p. Military camps in out-of-area missions arc permanently threatened by rockets, artillery projectiles, and mortar grenades (RAM) launched by terrorists. A good portion of these attacks are undertaken by mortars due to their specific advantages for the warfare of irregular...
Test Report T64-3-1. U.S. Army Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1963. – 20 p. This study was conducted to determine the adequacy of the rotating band, particularly band retention, of the standard 155mm M107 shell when fired with propelling charge XM119 from the 155mm Howitzer Self-Propelled M109 (T196E1). Rotating bands from sixteen recovered Ml07 shell were examined....
A master of engineering report. — Lubbock: Texas Tech University, 2002. — 75 p. This paper will introduce flight vehicle simulation as a powerful tool to be used in the design, development, and testing of aircraft and missiles. Some tenets applicable to simulation in general are discussed, but the specific application of interest is digital modeling of flying vehicle...
CRC Press, 2015. — 380 p. — ISBN: 9781482238297. As long as conflict exists in the world, protection technologies will always be in demand. Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design describes the existing and emerging protection technologies that are currently driving the latest advances in armour systems. This book explains the theory, applications, and material science aspects of...
Published by GACIAC IIT Research institute. 1983, -153 p. A handbook providing tutorial information and data on precision guided munitions (PGM). This volume contains general tutorial information on smart weapons (precision guided munitions and guided missiles), how they work, what goes into their design, and their future trends. The material is intended to provide an overview...
(Heister van Rob, Kaisers Hub L. Prospects for the use of microelectromechanical systems in rockets and ammunition for cannon and rocket artillery). Hague, The Netherlands: TNO-Physics and Electronics Laboratory. – 35 p. One of the most demanding areas of vehicle application are missiles and Gun Launched Munitions (GLM). From a technical point of view, limited space and severe...
(Hogg Ian. An Illustrated History of Munitions). Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books Inc. 1985. – 64 p. There is an old saying among artillerymen that their weapon is not the gun; it is the shell, and the gun is only the last stage in transportation from the factory to the target. The same applies to all firearms; they are merely devices for discharging bullets, shells, bombs...
PDF format document of subcourse MM2597, Edition 6, United States Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Virginia, - 20 p. It is essential that an ammunition specialist be able to identify ammunition. Before you can do this, however, you must learn how to interpret ammunition markings and color codes. You may not be aware of it, but you have already been exposed to the...
Technical report. – Redstone arsenal. Alabama.: Redstone Arsenal Army missile command. 1984. – 43 p. This report documents some techniques used in deriving the equations of motion of a missile for a six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) simulation. Several forms of the equations are developed, and their implementation is discussed. Specific emphasis is placed on showing the...
/Characteristics of an anti-tank guided missile operating on the fire-and-forget principle when the wing is damaged. Research papers. Mathematical and Computer Modeling. 50 (2009) 292-305 p. A mathematical model is developed for an anti-tank missile and its guidance algorithms. The aerodynamic model is separated into two parts, the airframe and external lifting surfaces in...
Warsaw: Journal of theoretical and applied mechanics. 2015. 53, 1, pp. 139-150. The paper presents algorithms of automatic control of an intelligent anti-tank guided missile with the possibility of attacking a target from the upper ceiling (top attack). Polynomial functions have been used to determine programtrajectories. The numerical analysis of chosen algorithms has been...
Html to PDF convertation. Defence Production & Acquisition (May 31, 2014). The holding of ammunition in the Indian Army specially the tank ammunition has reached a low. This is a cause of concern and the Govt needs to take immediate steps to make up the shortfall. The author examines the reason for the shortfall and suggested measures.
Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Ballistics, Stockholm. 1-3 June, 1992. – 9 p.( pp. 225-233) The following systems analysis gives the functional relation between the projectile muzzle velocity, Vo, from a given weapon and the achievable penetration T, when the major ballistic parameters are considered. The goal is to develop a penetrator with respect to mass...
Smithsonian Institution Press, City of Washington, 1972. English, 68 p. The book provides the first detailed history of small arms cartridges before 1875. All cartridges that were shown at the exhibition in Philadelphia are described. Starts with early "paper" cartridges and ends with early metal cartridges. All cartridges are illustrated with a large number of drawings and...
Published by Smithsonian Institution, City of Washington, 1956. English, 417 p., 52 pictures. The introduction describes the production of black powder in the United States. The following describes firearms used in the United States until the late 1860s. Its performance is also shown. The production of ammunition for the specified firearms and its characteristics are described....
6th edition. — Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2007. — 433 p. — ISBN: 978-3-527-31656-4. The objective of the book is to provide fundamental information on the subject of explosives not only to experts but also to the general public. The book will therefore, apart from industrial companies and research facilities concerned, be found useful in documentary centers, translation bureaus,...
No complete input data. 1995. – 254 p. MIL-HDBK-1211. This military handbook provides guidance for the preparation of these mathematical models to simulate the flight of a surface-to-air missile. Surface-to-air missiles are designed to defend a land are-a against an aerial threat. The size of the defended area and the capabilities of the threat have great influence on the...
Article. Sicherheit Schweiz : Allgemeine schweizerische Militärzeitschrift 1995 (161), Nr 10. — ss. 20-22. (Deutsch). Kampfpanzer verschiessen mit ihren Kanonen zwei Sorten Kampfmunition von prinzipiell unterschiedlicher Wirkungsweise. Bei der Panzersprenggra nate und der Hohlladungspatrone liefert Sprengstoff die notwendige Energie zur Bekämpfung feindlicher Panzer; die andere...
(Plosting P. Dynamics of the launch of an armor-piercing feathered sub-caliber projectile). Final report. -Aberdeen: Army ballistic research lab, 1984, - 48 p. An experimental program to determine the magnitude and nature of the launch perturbations to the projectile angular motion during sabot discard is discussed. The data analysis isolates the sources and quantifies the...
(Prodas Design System for Ammunition and Their Elements). Authorship and the institution is not identified. PDF-document. - 65 p. Technical description of the computer software PRODAS - P rojectile R ocket O rdanance D esign & A nalysis S ystem. Arrow Tech is an Engineering Consulting business with a focus on the defense industry. The business operates based on the principle:...
(Powder propellant charges - cartridge cases, caps). The authorship of the document has not been established. Electronic document. -23 p. Propellant charge bags. Propellant bag materials. Charge geometry. Cartridge cases. Other case materials. Cartridge cases rim types. Projectile attachment methods.
N.d. – 10 p. U radu su prikazani rezultati istraživanja uticaja vrednosti aerodinamičkih koeficijenata i derivativa aerodinamičkih koeficijenata na elemente putanje i parameter stabilnosti kretanja klasičnog osnosimetričnog tela. Date su zavisnosti aerodinamičkih koeficijenata od aerodinamičkih parametara i oblika aerodinamičke konfiguracije. Predstavljeni su elementi putanje...
Munitions technology symposium in Pleasanton on April 11 - 12, 2000. – 24 p. TDA Inc. 120 mm mortars ammunition: 120 mm RAP; 120 mm RAP – VLR; 120 mm isostatic RAP; 155 mm ramjet projectile.
NDIA Guns & Missiles, 2011. — 16 p. GN&C System Simulation Development Options The New Combined Option PRODAS – MatLAB/Simulink Simulation Arrow Tech Software Guided Projectile Development with PRODAS Design the Air Vehicle Build a Simple Open Loop Controller Simple Open Loop Controller Run Simulation Review Results Trade Studies and Error Budget System Error Budget Where To Go...
(Static test for mine fragmentation of 120 mm Brandt mortar). Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren. 1955. – 44 p. This test was conducted to determine the fragmentation characteristics of Light and Heavy Brandt 120-mm mortar ammunition.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Crafts & Hobbies, 1988. - 569 p. This volume presents for the first time a systematic and comprehensive treatment of technology that is critical to the development of effective gun systems. Material is included that is closely associated with the launching of projectiles from guns but is not commonly included in treatments of...
(Strakovsky Leonid, Cohen Arthur, Fifer Robert, Beyer Richard, Forsch Brad. Laser ignition of gunpowders and explosives) Report. - Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Research Laboratory. 1998. – 81 p. Laser and radiative ignition of 24 solid propellants and explosives was analyzed. The effect of ignition criterion used to calculate ignition delays from models was evaluated....
Indian Head Division. Naval Surface Warfare Center. Indian Head. 1996. – 11 p. Firing records covering the master powder shots associated with over 15 years worth of 5-in powder proof firings are examined for velocity degradation over time. None is found, though an increase in velocity is seen. An explanation for this behavior is offered. The approach used was to examine the...
American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 2010, 3 (2), 355-362 p., ISSN: 1941-7020. Future generations of intelligent munition: will use Microelectromechamcal Systems (MEMS) for guidance, fuzing logic and assessment of the battlefield environment. The temperature: fund in a gun system, however, are sufficient to damage some material: used in the fabrication of MEMS....
Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1954. — 200 s. Książka zawiera podstawowe wiadomości o konstrukcji, działaniu i bojowym użyciu elementów wchodzących w skład nabojów działowych i moździerzowych, pocisków rakietowych i bomb lotniczych. Najbardziej szczegółowo są wyjaśnione zagadnienia dotyczące amunicji działowej. Jednocześnie z tym w książce są podane...
A thesis. — RMIT University. 2008. — 228 p. Virtual Design Tools (VDT) provide means for reducing product development cycles and minimising production costs. Supported by experimental validation, a Virtual Design Process (VDP) incorporating VDTs could potentially be used to perform the entire design process from conception through to design for manufacture. No evidence exists...
AMC Pamphlet AMCP 706-179. — Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1974. 249 p. This 1974 handbook was prepared as an aid to ammunition designers, scientists, and engineers on the theoretical and practical data pertaining to explosive trains. It includes consideration of the various elements which, in considerable variation, may constitute the explosive train of an item....
AMC Pamphlet AMCP 706-177. — Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1971. 403 p. This 1971 handbook is one in the Engineering Design Handbook Series of the Army Materiel Command containing practical information and quantitative facts helpful in the design and development of Army materiel so that it will meet the tactical and technical needs of the Armed Forces. The report is...
AMC Pamphlet AMCP 706-180. - Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 1972. 362 p. This 1972 handbook describes the principles of explosive behavior as they apply to liquid and solid explosives, and thus provides a readily accessible collection of important theoretical and experimental results on explosives and explosive effects. This document contains reports on: Energy of...
First Edition. — New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1917. — 110 p. 3 in. Common Shrapnel 3 in. Common Shells (High Explosive) 3 in. Naval Shells.3.8 to 6 in. Shrapnel and High Explosive Shells 6 in. Naval Shells 3 to 6 in. Cartridge Cases Index
South Burlington, Vermont: Arrow Tech Associates, 2012. – 8 p. Projectile GNC GNC Design - 60mm Guided Mortar Flight CONOPS Novel Guidance Aerodynamic Model Error Budget Accuracy Results Beyond Concept Development PRODAS - P rojectile R ocket O rdanance D esign & A nalysis S ystem
Radom: Politechnika Radomska, 2001. — 200 s. Praca niniejsza obejmuje treść wykładów na temat amunicji i pancerzy prowadzonych dla studentów VIII i IX semestru Wydziału Mechanicznego Politechniki Radomskiej specjalności „sprzęt mechaniczny”. Wykłady realizowane są w ramach przedmiotów: „konstrukcje precyzyjne i amunicja”, „materiały specjalne” i „technologie specjalne”.
Springer, 2020. — 382 p. — ISBN: 9811332525. This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical research on projectile impact analysis, such as the rigid projectile penetration/perforation of concrete and metallic targets, and shaped-charge-formed projectile and jet penetrations. Concrete and metal materials are widely used in protective structures in...
Warsaw: Journal of theoretical and applied mechanics. 2014. 52, 2, pp. 335-344. The paper presents a model of the missile dynamics and the impact of the wind field thereon. Sample results of numerical simulation of the missile flight across the wind field are given and conclusions drawn.
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