TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY, AIRMOBILE ARTILLERY VOLUME 2

Abstract

The technical feasibility of an airmobile artillery weapon system has been established for dual-weapon and single-weapon systems. Four outstanding conclusions were drawn: (1) A fully developed, special-purpose airmobile artillery weapon system permits development of a radically new artillery concept: deployment, fire power delivery, and rapid, even immediate, withdrawals in heretofore inaccessible areas. (2) The concept shows significant promise even with a system made up of existing aircraft and armament. (3) If a single-weapon capability is used, a CH-3B equipped with 4.5 in. spin stabilized (S.S.) rockets will deploy, deliver fire power, and be capable of immediate withdrawal in one-fourth of the time required for the dual-weapon system studies. (4) For the mission specified, a single-rotor helicopter can be designed to carry a 105-mm gun-boosted rocket that will show the same time advantage just mentioned, but with an estimated 65% increase in weapon range and 500% increase in accuracy over the 4.5-in. spin stabilized rocket system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0371681

Entities

People

  • Ernest Stuckal

Organizations

  • United Technologies Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Artillery
  • Attrition
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Fuselages
  • Governments
  • Guns
  • Helicopters
  • Indirect Fire
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Radio Navigation
  • Radio Ranges (Transmitters)

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design