Protection Range Estimation for Light Armour Configurations

Abstract

A method is presented which allows the protection characteristics of light armour to be rapidly calculated and displayed as a function of range and azimuth. The use of detailed empirical data on projectile performance against the armour as a function of range and obliquity allows and accurate description of the protection characteristics. However, the method is also shown to be useful with a little data as the velocity/range data for the projectile and the thickness of armour defeated at normal impact, at the projectile muzzle velocity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236020

Entities

People

  • B. J. Baxter
  • R. L. Woodward

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Ammunition
  • Armor
  • Armor Plate
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Classification
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Projectiles
  • Security
  • Thickness
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • ballistics.