Electrification and Electric Guns,
Abstract
One conclude that:1. Electric guns with generators with insufficient power for firing designed for storing the energy necessary for firing in a short period of time, hardly make sense in practice because of the difficulty of using the stored energy during the short firing time and because of the low efficiency of power stores for rapid output. 2. Generators with power on the order of a hundred thousand kilowatts can service electric guns with a weight of the missile of around forty kilograms and an initial velocity of around 800m/s. 3. A 100,000 kilowatt generator can fire around 200 missiles per minute, each weighing around 40 kg. 4. Electric guns which continuously expend the power of the generators must generally be much longer than forearms. 5. An electric gun can be hundreds of km away from the generator, being connected with it by wires and transformers. 6. With the current state of electrification in Russia, it would be timely to build one experimental electric gun with a caliber close to 150 mm (6in.) with an initial velocity of 500-800 m/s. Russian Translation. (JHD)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 03, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA210856
Entities
People
- A. A. Korol'kov
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center