Third Partial Report on Light Armor Investigation: Outlining the Effect of the Jacket of the Caliber 30 AP Bullet upon Penetration of Steels

Abstract

When devising and testing light weight armor structure for defense against small caliber AP bullets, it is important to know to what degree of the projectile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1938
Accession Number
AD1155595

Entities

People

  • George Irwin

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Armor
  • Armor Plate
  • Copper
  • Copper Alloys
  • Deflection
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Pendulums
  • Projectile Cases
  • Projectiles
  • Residuals
  • Thickness
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.