STABILITY OF THE CAL. 0.50 MACHINE GUN, M85 AND THE CAL. 0.50 TRIPOD MOUNT, M3

Abstract

A study of the Caliber 0.50 Machine Gun, M85 - M3 tripod system has shown that the system is unstable at a command height of 14 inches at both high and low firing rates, but may be made stable at low rates of fire by lowering the command height to 12 inches.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0487579

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Cronin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Dispersions
  • Firing Rate
  • Guns
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Machine Guns
  • Munitions
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Weapons

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  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.