20MM MARK 4 GUN POD 250,000 ROUND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Abstract

Flight Tests during the past year proved the Mark 4 Mod 0 Gun Pod to be a versatile and most effective air to ground weapon. Approximately 250,000 rounds were fired from 27 January 1963 through 2 February 1964 to prove the capabilities of the weapon system and to improve the reliability of the gun pod. This firing was divided into four categories, namely: Three-pod flight demonstration on the A4 aircraft, competitive evaluation on the F-100 aircraft, reliability development and R and D firing. A plot is given of the total rounds fired during the past year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 1964
Accession Number
AD0601655

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Feed Mechanisms
  • Blast
  • Check Valves
  • Control Systems
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Pins
  • Heat Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Maraging Steels
  • Materials
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Propellants
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.