Accession Number:

AD0883693

Title:

Titi Environmental Effects on the Performance of a Single Fragment Munition

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE ARMAMENT LAB EGLIN AFB FL

Personal Author(s):

• Shade, Andrew H.

Report Date:

1970-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

71.0

Abstract:

The Tri-Service Degradation Effects Program DEP is studying the behavior of single projectiles in selected environments. This report covers the testing of various small arms ammunition in a titi environment. The project involved the determination of projectile velocity decay, projectile deflection, and projectile stability. The testing consisted of Mann barrel firings through a system of velocity screens and witness panels which were placed at predetermined intervals in the titi environment. The test area was surveyed to establish the exact location of two twenty-five-foot sections of titi. Velocity measurements and deflection data were taken before and after each section of vegetation.

Descriptors:

• *KILL PROBABILITIES
• *SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION
• *TREES
• *PROJECTILE TRAJECTORIES
• DEGRADATION
• TEST METHODS
• INTERFERENCE
• FRAGMENTATION AMMUNITION
• EXTERIOR BALLISTICS
• FLECHETTES
• TROPICAL TESTS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Ballistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE