Safety Evaluation of Hand and Shoulder Weapons

Abstract

Provides procedures for evaluating the safety of hand and shoulder weapons during development testing. Covers performance tests leading to a safety release (as prescribed in DARCOM-R 385-12 with TECOM Suppl 1) and includes guidance for safety evaluation throughout all phases of development testing. Applicable to rifles, pistols, submachine guns, machine guns, shotguns, and grenade launchers. Excludes pyrotechnic devices. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA045340

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Automatic
  • Blast
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Firing Pins
  • Guns
  • Instrumentation
  • Machine Guns
  • Particles
  • Performance Tests
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Small Arms
  • Submachine Guns
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • ballistics.