ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK. GUNS SERIES GUNS-GENERAL

Abstract

The handbook deals with the general subject of guns. It highlights early developments, classifies and describes guns according to military characteristics and usage, and again, according to design characteristics. It deals with the major components and assemblies in sufficient detail only to make clear their functions, their operation and their relationships to other assemblies and to the gun as a whole. It introduces problems encountered in design for which specific procedures for solution will be presented in other handbooks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0830303

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition Components
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Burning Rate
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Gun Support Equipment
  • Manufacturing
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Propelling Charges
  • Triple Base Propellants
  • Weapon Control

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.