Rifle, Recoilless

Abstract

The report describes a method for evaluation of recoilless rifle operational and functional performance characteristics. It identifies supporting test, facilities, and equipment required. It provides procedures for preoperational inspection, physical characteristics, safety, personnel training, boresight, zero, speed and precision of lay, first and subsequent round hitting, round-to-round dispersion, tracking and hitting performance, antipersonnel and antimateriel capability, obscuration, security from detection, battlefield mobility, air delivery, adverse conditions, durability, maintainability, human factors, and value analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750104

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Army
  • Boresights
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Dispersions
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guns
  • Infantry
  • Inspection
  • Maintenance
  • Recoilless Rifles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Weapons

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