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  2. Ballistic coefficient - Wikipedia

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    The aforementioned ballistics tables are generally: functions, air density, projectile time at range, range, degree of projectile departure, weight and diameter to facilitate the calculation of ballistic formulae. These formulae produce the projectile velocity at range, drag and trajectories.

  3. Circular error probable - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... is a measure of a weapon system's precision in the military science of ballistics. ... is given by the following formula: (, ...

  4. External ballistics - Wikipedia

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    External ballistics or exterior ballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight. The projectile may be powered or un-powered, guided or unguided, spin or fin stabilized, flying through an atmosphere or in the vacuum of space, but most certainly flying under the influence of a gravitational field.

  5. Projectile motion - Wikipedia

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    Lofted trajectories of North Korean ballistic missiles Hwasong-14, Hwasong-15 and Hwasong-17. A special case of a ballistic trajectory for a rocket is a lofted trajectory, a trajectory with an apogee greater than the minimum-energy trajectory to the same range. In other words, the rocket travels higher and by doing so it uses more energy to get ...

  6. Miller twist rule - Wikipedia

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    Miller twist rule is a mathematical formula derived by American physical chemist and historian of science Donald G. Miller (1927-2012) to determine the rate of twist to apply to a given bullet to provide optimum stability using a rifled barrel. [1]

  7. Rifleman's rule - Wikipedia

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    One can calculate using standard Newtonian dynamics as follows (for more details on this topic, see Trajectory). Two equations can be set up that describe the bullet's flight in a vacuum, (presented for computational simplicity compared to solving equations describing trajectories in an atmosphere).

  8. Ballistics - Wikipedia

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    External ballistics is the part of the science of ballistics that deals with the behaviour of a non-powered projectile in flight. External ballistics is frequently associated with firearms , and deals with the unpowered free-flight phase of the bullet after it exits the gun barrel and before it hits the target, so it lies between transitional ...

  9. Muzzle energy - Wikipedia

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    Pellet exiting muzzle, with formula for energy overlaid.. Muzzle energy is the kinetic energy of a bullet as it is expelled from the muzzle of a firearm. Without consideration of factors such as aerodynamics and gravity for the sake of comparison, muzzle energy is used as a rough indication of the destructive potential of a given firearm or cartridge.