Alternative Cartridge Case Material and Design

Abstract

Today's soldiers carry 92 to 105 lbs. of mission essential equipment into combat. This overloads causes fatigue, heat stress, and injury. Every soldier has to carry ammunition. A lightweight cartridge case would reduce the burden of the soldier. Frontier Performance Polymers Corporation addressed novel ways of designing a lightweight polymer cartridge case. In this report, Frontier Performance Polymers designed several plastic cartridge cases, conducted finite element analysis, addressed the high heat of the chamber, the material properties of polymers in its designs of the 5.56-mm cartridge case.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434658

Entities

People

  • Jerry S. Chung
  • Lucian M. Sadowski

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Components
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Control Systems
  • Corporations
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Lightweight
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Overload
  • Weapons Support Equipment

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  • Economics
  • Materials Science