Design and Develop a Simplified Serial Flechette Rifle

Abstract

AAI Corporation conducted a research and development program for the purpose of simplifying the XM19 Rifle. The weapon configuration emanating from these efforts was identified as the XM70 Rifle. The program was divided into two phases - the first consisted of the research activity and the second the fabrication of two XM70 Rifles and associated ancillary equipment as per an approved Configuration Base Line (CBL). The effort was originally scheduled to completed in a fourteen month time frame. Of this, ten months were provided for the design study and the remaining four months allotted for fabrication of the hardware. However, during the course of the program, the government modified the contract to expand the scope of work. The goal of the program was to, through simplification, offer a system with increased reliability and effectiveness while decreasing its weight and cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA017721

Entities

Organizations

  • AAI Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Assembly
  • Base Lines
  • Collimator Sights
  • Collimators
  • Contracts
  • Deflectors
  • Fabrication
  • Firing Pins
  • Heat Sinks
  • Line Of Sight
  • Materials
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Periodicals
  • Reliability
  • Weapons
  • Yield Strength

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