A Brief Journey Through the History of Gun Propulsion

Abstract

While the use of guns and gun-like devices extends back in history for more than a millennium the past century has been marked by significant advances in the technology of guns the projectiles they launch and the propulsion systems employed to launch these projectiles to ever-increasing velocities. This report chronicles a sampling of theoretical and experimental advances in the science of gun propulsion and its application to a wide range of practical gun propulsion concepts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441021

Entities

People

  • Albert W. Horst

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Electric Power
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Propelling Charges
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Solid Propellants
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.