A Fire Out of Battery Tank Gun: Theory and Simulation

Abstract

As part of the Army's Army After Next effort, a radical departure for tank gun recoil was undertaken at TACOM-ARDEC's Benet Laboratories to engineer a soft recoil tank gun. Such a leap in technology may be required to enable a lightweight future combat system to withstand the recoil imparted by a large caliber gun; especially during fire on the move. Although soft recoil is not new to smaller caliber guns and howitzers, implementation for a large caliber tank gun is unprecedented. The theoretical foundations of this recoil management technology will be presented in this paper. Experimental test results of 105 mm fire out of battery tank gun demonstrator will be presented in a separate paper within these proceedings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 2001
Accession Number
ADP012454

Entities

People

  • E. Kathe
  • R. Gast

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Control Systems
  • Delta Functions
  • Engineering
  • Gun Barrels
  • Guns
  • Howitzers
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Muzzle Brakes
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Propellants
  • Simulations
  • Tank Guns
  • Test Fixtures
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.