Accession Number:

AD0774858

Title:

105MM Subcaliber Training Device

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY LAND WARFARE LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Buchanan, John D.

Report Date:

1974-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

The purpose of the program was to design, test, and demonstrate feasibility of a subcaliber training device which could be fired from the 105mm M68 Gun on the M60 and M60A1 Tanks. The training device would be used in training exercises where the actual round could not be used because of safety requirements. The training device approximates the actual 105mm Round in size and weight. It consists of a .50 Caliber Spotting Rifle barrel and a specially designed bolt and breech mechanism inside a simulated 105mm shell body. The Caliber .50 M48A1 spotter tracer round is fired from this simulated shell using the 105mm M68 gun firing system on the M60 Tank. The final design was evaluated by 1st Armored Division in Germany and the results of these tests are included in the report.

Descriptors:

• *GUNNERY
• *TRAINING AMMUNITION
• *TANKS(COMBAT VEHICLES)
• FIRING MECHANISMS(AMMUNITION)
• SUBCALIBER PROJECTILES
• FIRING TESTS(ORDNANCE)
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• TRAINING
• BREECH MECHANISMS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Fire Control and Bombing Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE