A METHOD FOR BALLISTICALLY TESTING XM94 PRIMERS

Abstract

Studies are reported with a special .45-caliber gun which demonstrated a simple and economical technique for measuring functional adequacy of these primers in a system similar to that employed in the end item. The test appears very sensitive to primer quality. The weapon chamber can be modified to fire several different primer/propellant container combinations. Propellant containers were used with XM94 and XM94E1 primers for this report. The output of the primer-propellant container is determined by measuring muzzle velocity of the .45-caliber bullet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0428534

Entities

People

  • Donal Ellington
  • Louis Silberman

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acceptance Tests
  • Containers
  • Ejection
  • End Items
  • Engineering
  • Fires
  • Government Procurement
  • Lead Azides
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • New Jersey
  • Process Engineering
  • Production
  • Propellants
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • ballistics.