enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Range table - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_table

    A range table was a list of angles of elevation a particular artillery gun barrel needed to be set to, to strike a target at a particular distance with a projectile of a particular weight using a propellant cartridge of a particular weight.

  3. Mathematical discussion of rangekeeping - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_discussion_of...

    Figure 5: Illustration of a Cam-Based Function During World War II, cams were precisely machined to represent the firing tables for long range artillery. Firing artillery at targets beyond visual range historically has required computations based on firing tables. [22] The impact point of a projectile is a function of many variables: [23] Air ...

  4. M549 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M549

    XM1113 extended range artillery round, shown here at a range demonstration, uses a rocket-assist motor. The U.S. Army is developing the XM1113 rocket-assisted projectile to replace the M549A1 shell. The XM1113 increases range from 30 to 40 km (19 to 25 mi) from a 39-caliber barrel using a large high-performance rocket motor delivering nearly ...

  5. 155 mm caliber - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/155_mm_caliber

    The Hypervelocity Projectile (HVP) is an experimental hypervelocity projectile with ranges as great as 94 km (58 mi). United States: LRLAP: 2010-2016 (limited) The Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) was an INS and GPS guided, rocket-assisted naval projectile with extended glide capability that was developed for use from the Advanced Gun ...

  6. M712 Copperhead - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M712_Copperhead

    M712 Copperhead approaches an old M47 Patton tank used as a target M712 detonating. The M712 Copperhead is a 155 mm caliber cannon-launched guided projectile.It is a fin-stabilized, terminally laser guided, explosive shell intended to engage hard point targets such as tanks, self-propelled howitzers or other high-value targets.

  7. M982 Excalibur - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M982_Excalibur

    The M982 Excalibur (previously XM982) is a 155 mm extended-range guided artillery shell developed in a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). [5]

  8. Dual-purpose improved conventional munition - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-purpose_improved...

    The 155 mm M864 projectile entered production in 1987, and featured a base bleed that enhances the range of the projectile, although it still carries the same M42/M46 grenades. The base bleed mechanism reduces the submunition count to 72.

  9. Nuclear artillery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_artillery

    240 mm projectile 3BV4 for mortar M-240 and self-propelled 2S4 Tyulpan. Normal maximum range 9.5 km (5.9 mi) and 18 km (11 mi) with rocket assistance. At the end of the Cold War, Russia followed the United States lead and deactivated its nuclear artillery units in 1993. By 2000, Russia reported that nearly all nuclear artillery shells and ...