Experimental Data Forming the Basis for the Bombing Tables BT-100-A-1 Bomb, Practice, 100-lb., M39

Abstract

Range bombing was conducted for the Bomb, Practice, 100-lb., M39 from December 1, 1936 to April 29, 1937. A total of seventy ranges for nominal altitudes between 4000 feet and 15000 feet with true air speed varying between 119.6 miles per hour and 197.9 miles per hour, with the largest proportion of air speeds in the neighborhood of 160 miles per hour, was obtained. The results are summarized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 1938
Accession Number
AD0702255

Entities

People

  • F. V. Reno

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Employment
  • Experimental Data
  • Ground Speed
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Low Altitude
  • Mathematics
  • Motion
  • Physical Properties
  • Speed

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  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies