AN INTERIM REPORT ON THE STUDY OF PARAMETERS THAT AFFECT THE ACCURACY OF AUTOMATIC RIFLES.

Abstract

This report is a brief summary of the work being done for the All-Purpose Hand-Held Weapon (APHHW). It gives some ideas of the present trends of thought and some indications of ways to improve the accuracy of automatic fire. Details of the studies and the final conclusions which might be reached will be given in subsequent reports.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0375295

Entities

People

  • H. P. Gay
  • S. S. Lentz
  • W. M. Werner

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Rifles
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Cyclic Rate
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • National Security
  • Projectiles
  • Rifles
  • Robots
  • Small Arms
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Systems Analysis and Design