A Simplified Model for the Suppressive Effects of Small Arms Fire

Abstract

The thesis explores the effects of suppressive fire in the dynamics of a fire fight. Lanchester-Type models, in which attrition is proportional to the number of firers, are considered. The classical Lanchester Square-Law has been modified to reflect the effects of suppressive fire through changes in the time dependent, attrition rate coefficients. The basic approach is to develop a series of mathematical models by phasing model construction. This technique begins by examining an initial model and then progresses by refining the preceding model. In this manner four different models are studied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734874

Entities

People

  • Ansel Lee Huggins Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Coefficients
  • Combat Operations
  • Construction
  • Detection
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Firing Rate
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Operations
  • Miss Distance
  • Projectiles
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Theoretical Analysis.