SEVEN-INCH HARP GUN-LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBE SYSTEM: INITIAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The description of an upper atmosphere sounding system, based on a modified 175 mm gun, is given. The 175 mm gun tube is extended and smoth bored, and a T76 mount, modified to permit vertical fire is utilized. The gun is used to launch sub-caliber, fin-stabilized, center-saboted projectiles. During initial tests, prototype projectile with a payload volume of fifty cubic inches attained a maximum altitude of 260,000 feet. A smaller version of the projectile, with a potential payload volume of about fifteen cubic inches reached an altitude of 330,000 feet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0640825

Entities

People

  • Eugene D. Boyer
  • Leonard C. Macallister

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Altitude
  • Ballistics
  • Burning Rate
  • Gages
  • Gun Launched
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Projectile Components
  • Projectile Noses
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Strain Gages
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • ballistics.