Burst Fire Compensator.

Abstract

The compensator is attached to the muzzle of a gun to control the motion thereof during the firing of a burst, and thus modifying the dispersion pattern in a desired manner. The device includes an asymmetric channel forming and extension of approximately one half of the gun's barrel, mounted in such a way that exhausting propellant gases will rotate the device through an arc following the firing of each round of a burst. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 11, 1980
Accession Number
ADD007802

Entities

People

  • Edward M. Schmidt

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compensators
  • Dispersions
  • Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • ballistics.