Analysis of Bradley Fighting Vehicle Gunnery with Emphasis on Factors Affecting First-Round Accuracy of the 25-mm Gun

Abstract

Analysis of the problems and potential improvements in gunnery effectiveness of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle led to research and development focusing on equipment, procedures, and training related to first-round accuracy with the 25-mm automatic gun. Areas addressed included boresighting equipment and procedures, zeroing, range estimation, range cards, aiming rules, preliminary gunnery training and full caliber gunnery. As a result of close coordination with proponents and users concerned with these areas, problem areas have been recognized and solutions either are being or will be developed in efforts to improve gunnery effectiveness. Keywords: Automatic weapons; Army training; Range finding estimates; Boresight adapters; Target angle determination.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190698

Entities

People

  • Mike S. Perkins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Automatic Guns
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Employment
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Indirect Fire
  • Machine Guns
  • Projectiles
  • Range Finding
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Training Ammunition
  • Training Devices

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  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Military Science