Ballistic Testing of Personnel Armor Materials

Abstract

This report describes methods for evaluating the resistance of personnel armor material to perforation by attacking projectile fragments, simulated fragments, and small arms ammunition. It covers physical characteristics of materials, firing tests for ballistic limits of materials, determination of residual velocities, and environmental conditioning. It is not applicable to material actual armor configuration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 06, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018236

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Ammunition
  • Armor
  • Body Armor
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Munitions Testing
  • Projectiles
  • Resistance
  • Shape
  • Simulators
  • Small Arms
  • Small Arms Ammunition
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • ballistics.