Comparison of a Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Gas System in the M16A1 Rifle

Abstract

The report presents equations derived from gas dynamic theory that describe the gas system of gas-operated, automatic weapons. The equations relate the pressure on a piston to the pressure measured in the gun tube at the gas port. The report also contains the results of firing experiments on the M16A1 Rifle. Theoretical predictions of the effects of changes in parameters are compared with the experimental results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731218

Entities

People

  • W. M. Werner

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Automatic
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Diameters
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Gages
  • Integrals
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gages
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Weapons

Readers

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