Aircraft Armament for Air-To-Ground Operations

Abstract

This report will be concerned with aircraft armament, the ammunition and propellant system carried aboard the airplane. However, the other parts of the system, the target, the tactical situation, the airplane, the fire control system, the navigation system, and the general logistics of the operation will be considered wherever the characteristics of the armament cannot be considered independently.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1951
Accession Number
ADC054926

Entities

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Cyclic Rate
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Gun Launched
  • Gun Muzzles
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Launchers
  • Munitions
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Recoilless Guns
  • Slant Range
  • Trajectories
  • Warheads

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • ballistics.