Armor-Penetrator Performance Measures

Abstract

A review is presented of armor effectiveness measures as used in ballistics. Emphasis is placed on the fact that simple effectiveness measures attempt to describe a complex armor-penetrator interaction by a single number. Procedures for ballistic testing designed to derive meaningful measures are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADB058174

Entities

People

  • Konrad Frank

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Aeronautics
  • Armor
  • Army Aviation
  • Civil Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Line Of Sight
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Rolled Homogeneous Armor
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • Universities

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design