Sighting Methods for the 40-mm Powder Gun

Abstract

The 40-mm powder gun has become a reliable and efficient research tool used by the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Weapons and Materials Research Directorates Explosive Effects Branch. This powder gun can shoot an 18-g spherical NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) fragment encased in a polycarbonate sabot and can use several different sighting options during its operation. This report provides a brief description of the sighting methods used in experimental programs based on the program requirements and gun to target accuracy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1111071

Entities

People

  • Todd Brinkman

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Agreements
  • Explosives
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Research
  • Misalignment
  • Munitions
  • Nato
  • Standardization
  • Standards
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • ballistics.