Variability of Measures of Weapons Effectiveness. Volume 7. Effectiveness Indices in Stick Delivery of Weapons

Abstract

The probability of kill of a fragment sensitive target due to the stick delivery of multiple weapons subject to ballistic and aiming error is computed. It is assumed that the probability of kill associated with each weapon can be approximated by the Carleton damage function. Both the ballistic errors and the aiming errors are assumed to have a Gaussian distribution in each of the range and deflection direction. Each weapon is subject to ballistic errors which are statistically independent, but the entire stick pattern is subject as a whole to aiming error. A decomposition principle is used to obtain a general expression for the probability of kill. The variance of the probability of kill is estimated assuming that the uncertainty is present in the measurements of the input parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA153947

Entities

People

  • B. D. Sivazlian

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Data Science
  • Decomposition
  • Deflection
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Impact Point
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Systems Engineering
  • Two Dimensional
  • Uncertainty
  • Weapon Delivery

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Statistical inference.