Fragment Penetration Tests of Armor

Abstract

Provides techniques for evaluating armor resistance to attack by HE projectile fragments. Includes static detonations of shell against armor plate and armored vehicles and firing tests using projectile fragments, fragment simulators, and simulated fragments in a canister. Includes index of test data from static detonations of 105-mm and 155-mm projectile fragments against armor, fragment characteristics tables, and technique for calculating fragment perforation probability using Poisson distribution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1983
Accession Number
ADA125824

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor Plate
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Body Armor
  • Cameras
  • Confidence Limits
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions Testing
  • Photographs
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Vehicular Armor

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • ballistics.