40MM Weapon Demonstration, Fort Ord, California

Abstract

This hand-out provides general information on the 40mm weapon prototypes and ammunition discussed and fired during the demonstration. The low and high velocity 40mm grenade launchers are development prototypes sufficiently advanced to indicate future potential in the use of self-powered weapons of this type. The 40mm manually operated automatic launcher uses the same weapon currently under development. Development tests have shown the weapon to be reliable and maintenance-free and could be made available more readily than the self-powered launcher.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 1966
Accession Number
ADA074239

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Anti-Personnel Weapons
  • Automatic
  • Automatic Grenade Launchers
  • Enemy Personnel
  • Explosives
  • Firing Rate
  • Grenade Launchers
  • Grenades
  • Hand Cranks
  • High Explosives
  • Launchers
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Periodicals
  • Projectiles
  • Weapons
  • Weight

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design