An Analysis of Adjustment Procedures for Grenade Launchers.
Abstract
A situation is considered in which a grenade launcher fires at a target, observes the projectile impact, adjusts the point of aim, fires a second round, adjusts, fires, and so on. A model is developed, based on the assumptions of normal ballistics, perfect observation of impacts, adjustments without error, and a unimodal target destruction function. The problem is to determine optimal adjustments, in order to maximize the probability of target destruction within a given number of rounds. It is shown that seemingly different adjustment procedures are equivalent, if viewed in appropriate coordinate systems. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0764117
Entities
People
- Donald R. Barr
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School