A Low-Velocity 0.22-Caliber Gun System

Abstract

An efficient method was needed to perform ballistic testing using the 0.22-cal. fragment-simulating projectiles (FSP) at low subsonic velocities in order to evaluate very thin lightweight composite and metallic materials at around 1 lb/ft2 areal density. This technical note outlines the custom gun system developed to enable this ballistic testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA506404

Entities

People

  • Donald Little

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Composite Materials
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diameters
  • Lightweight
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Military Research
  • O Rings
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Rings
  • Stainless Steel
  • Standards
  • Test Methods
  • Weapons
  • Weight

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • ballistics.