Sonic Rarefaction Wave Low Recoil Gun

Abstract

A principal challenge faced by the U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC Benet Laboratories in the design of armaments for lightweight future fighting vehicles with lethality overmatch is mitigating the deleterious effects of large caliber cannon recoil. The sonic RArefaction waVE low recoil guN (RAVEN) is a novel invention to dramatically reduce the gas momentum contribution to recoil with absolutely no reduction in me ballistic efficiency of launch. This technology is being investigated as part of the future combat vehicle armaments program conducted at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, and Watervliet Arsenal, NY.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA398942

Entities

People

  • E. Kathe
  • R. Dillon

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Engineering
  • Gun Barrels
  • Gun Support Equipment
  • Guns
  • Heat Transfer
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Munitions
  • Muzzle Brakes
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Recoilless Guns
  • Recoilless Rifles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.