Design and Development of a 30mm Aluminum Cartridge Case

Abstract

The report describes the design, development, and testing of a 30mm aluminum cartridge case for the Air Force 30mm AX gun system. The program proves that a 30mm cartridge case is feasible and can be manufactured using the Aluminum Company of America X7475 material. Also, the Amron-designed cartridge case can be satisfactorily fired to the parameters set forth in the contract covering this program. This effort consists of an in-depth study of surface finishes that can be economically applied to aluminum. This report also describes the successful application of the XM-115 percussion primer (FA x10542585).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0881759

Entities

People

  • Otto H. Von Lossnitzer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Fabrication
  • Ignition Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Production
  • Propellants
  • Stress Corrosion
  • Surface Finishing
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.