Ballistically Operated Water Cannon

Abstract

A test program was conducted to determine and document the water pulse performance characteristics of the Portable Pumping System (P.P.S.) and the Ballistically-Actuated Water Cannon (B.W.C.). Dynamic testing using a pendulum, physiological testing using animal targets, accuracy test against still and moving targets and impact type tests using targets which simulated human motive characteristics were conducted to determine the terminal energy and hazard of the water pulse as a function of range. The performance characteristics of the water pulse as a function of range for total energy at impact, velocity, area of impact, dangerous and innocuous effects to humans were determined and documented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0782843

Entities

People

  • Don B. Bruner
  • Franklin A. Monson

Organizations

  • AAI Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Corporations
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Land Warfare
  • Medical Personnel
  • Moving Targets
  • Pain
  • Riot Control
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Environmental Engineering
  • ballistics.