Determination of the Hit and Kill Probabilities for Shooting through Trees.

Abstract

A methodology for the computation of the hit/kill probability of a high caliber weapon shooting in a forest is given. We assume that trees are distributed at random according to a Poisson Law. Bullets which hit trees with sufficiently high velocity can penetrate the trunks and continue towards the target. A model is provided for the determination of the distribution of the exit velocity of a bullet. Recursive method is given for the computation of successive exit distributions as functions of the initial (muzzle) velocity, the distances between the trees and their characteristics. On the basis of this recursive method the kill probabilities are computed. Numerical examples are provided as well as FORTRAN programs. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1978
Accession Number
ADA069580

Entities

People

  • S. Zacks

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Data Science
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Models
  • New York
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Numerical Integration
  • Order Statistics
  • Precision
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Statistics
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Statistical inference.
  • ballistics.