A Fire Out-of-Battery Tank Gun: Theory and Simulation

Abstract

As part of the Army After Next effort, TACOM-ARDEC's Benet Laboratories undertook a radical departure from current tank gun recoil to engineer a soft recoil tank gun. Such a leap in technology may be required to enable a lightweight future combat system to withstand the recoil imparted by a large fiber gun, especially during fire on the move. Although soft recoil is not new to smaller caliber guns and howitzers, implementation for a large caliber tank gun is unprecedented. The theoretical foundations of this recoil management technology will be presented here. Experimental test results from a 105-mm fire out-of-battery tank gun demonstrator will be presented in a separate report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402105

Entities

People

  • E. Kathe
  • R. Gast

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Control Systems
  • Delta Functions
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Gun Barrels
  • Guns
  • Howitzers
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Military Research
  • Muzzle Brakes
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Simulations
  • Tank Guns
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.