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Penetration of Armour Plate.


PB91127506

Publication Date 1950
Personal Author Beeching, B.; Adams, C. A.; Maccoll, J. W.; Sopwith, D. G.
Page Count 172
Abstract Contents: The modes and mechanism of plate penetration and of shot failure; Penetration formulae; The stresses in projectiles when penetrating steel; Complex targets; Cored projectiles.
Keywords
  • Armor piercing ammunition
  • Armor plate
  • Ordnance steels
  • Projectiles
  • Penetration
  • Stresses
  • Steels
  • Mathematical models
  • Compressive strength
  • Targets
  • Ballistics
  • Detonation
  • Impact
  • Foreign technology
Source Agency
  • Navy
  • Single Entry
NTIS Subject Category
  • 79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics
  • 79B - Armor
  • 79E - Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics
Corporate Authors Ordnance Board, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 199106
Penetration of Armour Plate.
Penetration of Armour Plate.
PB91127506

  • Armor piercing ammunition
  • Armor plate
  • Ordnance steels
  • Projectiles
  • Penetration
  • Stresses
  • Steels
  • Mathematical models
  • Compressive strength
  • Targets
  • Ballistics
  • Detonation
  • Impact
  • Foreign technology
  • Navy
  • Single Entry
  • 79A - Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics
  • 79B - Armor
  • 79E - Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics
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