Ammunition Cost Research: Medium-Bore Automatic Cannon Ammunition

Abstract

At the complete round level of detail, statistically valid cost estimating relationships (CER's) for independent parametric cost estimates of ammunition investment costs have been difficult to construct. The long life span of ammunition items reduces the number and range of data points available for a given weapon system class (e.g., tank main armament). To counter this problem, a research project has been undertaken to relate physical round performance to component cost (primers, propellants, projectiles, etc.). The report for medium-bore automatic gun ammunition represents the first of three reports resulting from this project. This report demonstrates how component-level CER's and cost models can be used to independently estimate ammunition investment costs with much greater statistical validity than has been obtained with past approaches.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA016104

Entities

People

  • Celestino George
  • Gerald Kalal
  • Kathleen Keleher
  • Patrick Gannon
  • Paul Riedesel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Cannons
  • Automatic Guns
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Guns
  • Investments
  • Long Life
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.