Acoustic Directivity Patterns for Army Weapons. Supplement 3. The Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Abstract

Environmental noise emissions of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) main gun were measured in order to develop acoustic directivity patterns. Data were also gathered on the vehicle noise for future vehicle noise prediction. The tests were made at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, on the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle, CPT406, and the following gun and ammunitions: 25 mm, M242 Main BFV weapon; 25 mm. M791 APDS-T (Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot-Traced); 25 mm, M792 HEI-T (High Explosive Incendiary-Traced); 25 mm, M793, TP-T (Target Practice- Traced). They have been included in the weapon directivity load module of BNOISE 3.2 and made available to users of the Integrated Noise Contour System (INCS). Keywords: Noise(sound); and Guns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA155219

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Schomer
  • Steven G. Goebel

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Army
  • Calibration
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Logistics Management
  • Measurement
  • Microphones
  • Noise
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recording Systems
  • Standards
  • Tape Recorders
  • Tape Recording
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

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  • Acoustics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • ballistics.