Engineering Design Handbook, Ammunition Series. Section 2, Design for Terminal Effects

Abstract

Contents: Classification of Missiles; Projectile Design; Blast Effect; Characteristics of High Explosives; Shaped Charge Ammunition; Liner performance, Spin compensation, Terminal ballistic effectiveness of shaped charges against tanks; Fragmentation; Kinetic Energy Ammunition for the Defeat of Armor; Canister Ammunition; High Explosive Plastic (HEP) Shell; Illuminating shell, Colored marker shell, WP smoke shell, Colored smoke shell, Propaganda shell, Liquid-Filled shell, The Characteristics of Pyrotechnic compositions; and Pyrotechnic parachute design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1964
Accession Number
AD0389304

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition Testing
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Munitions Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Propelling Charges
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • ballistics.