Accession Number:

AD0499387

Title:

3-IN./50 Projectiles Mk. 33 - Cook-off Tests.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL PROVING GROUND DAHLGREN VA

Personal Author(s):

• Wilson, V.

Report Date:

1950-07-21

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

This test was conducted to determine the cook-off times for 3-in.50 caliber loaded and fuzed projectiles subjected to temperatures resulting in a gun after various numbers of rapid-fire bursts.

Descriptors:

• (*PROJECTILES
• COOK OFF)
• RDX
• PROJECTILE FUZES
• FIRING TESTS(ORDNANCE)
• SAFETY
• TEMPERATURE
• GUN BARRELS
• TRAINING AMMUNITION
• THERMOCOUPLES
• FURNACES
• PROXIMITY FUZES
• GUN MOUNTS
• SAND
• TNT

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE