5.56-MM M856 Tracer Mini Round Robin Study.

Abstract

This report details the testing conducted to determine the amount of variation which exists in the 5.56-mm ballistic test results between U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, and Olin Ordnance, St. Marks, Florida. The testing included using the same 5.56-mm M856 tracer lot; test equipment; and 5.56-mm electronic pressures, velocity, and action time test barrels at all three sites and concluded that there was less than a 2% variation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA300525

Entities

People

  • Lascelles A. Geddes Iii

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Testing
  • Army
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Corporations
  • Dual Mode
  • Engineering
  • Failure Analysis
  • Munitions
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Task Forces
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics