STABILITY OF 40MM SHELL MARK II T/L/

Abstract

The stability factor of the 40 mm Shell Mark II T/L/, fired from a gun with a twist of rifling of 1/30, is 1.48 at a velocity of 2890 ft/sec, and 1.23 at 1200 ft/sec.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 1941
Accession Number
AD0703147

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People

  • H. P. Hitchcock

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Abstracts
  • Boresights
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Diameters
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Gravity
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
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  • Muzzle Velocity
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  • Physics