Firing Sidewise from an Airplane. 2. Effects of a 400 Mile Per Hour Air Speed

Abstract

The variations in the magnitude and orientation of the yaw in the bore of a machine gun, firing sidewise from an airplane with a speed of 400 miles per hour, might cause large dispersions at a range of 500 yards; but not at 100 yards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1939
Accession Number
AD0700964

Entities

People

  • H. P. Hitchcock

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Deflection
  • Dispersions
  • Guns
  • Machine Guns
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Orientation (Direction)

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • ballistics.