Test Operations Procedure (TOP) 03-2-040 Boresight Retention

Abstract

This TOP contains one procedure for testing boresight retention of hand and shoulder fired weapons and machine guns including crew served weapons and light automatic cannons up to 50 millimeters in caliber. This method uses a parabolic mirror with a laser boresight to track changes over the test period of the weapon system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2021
Accession Number
AD1124962

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Zwiebel

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Cannons
  • Boresights
  • Cameras
  • Composite Materials
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Developmental Tests
  • Equations
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guidance
  • Guns
  • Instructions
  • Instrumentation
  • Machine Guns
  • Measurement
  • Optical Sights
  • Small Arms
  • Standardization
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy