Accession Number:

AD1003606

Title:

Reducing Peak Power in Automated Weapon Laying

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

ARMAMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND, WSEC, RDAR-WSW-I Picatinny Arsenal United States

Personal Author(s):

• Stapp, Joshua
• Tomik,Matthew

Report Date:

2016-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

In artillery, the process of aiming a weapon is referred to as gun laying. This report describes a method to calculate motion profiles that reach a given lay within the least amount of time while reducing the amount of peak power required and, therefore, minimizing the forces caused by acceleration.

Descriptors:

• aiming
• Automatic weapons
• Artillery
• Peak power
• Acceleration
• Velocity
• Deceleration
• algorithms
• Target acquisition

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE