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“Swedish Base Bleed” – increasing the range of artillery projectiles through base flow
Author(s) -
Andersson K.,
Gunners N. E.,
Hellgren R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19760010402
Subject(s) - artillery , base (topology) , range (aeronautics) , base flow , projectile , bleed , flow (mathematics) , aeronautics , engineering , aerospace engineering , computer science , mechanics , materials science , medicine , mathematics , physics , geography , surgery , drainage basin , mathematical analysis , cartography , artificial intelligence , metallurgy
The following article summarizes the development of the base flow technique in Sweden. Extensive theoretical and experimental studies have been made in cooperation between the Research Institute of National Defence (FOA) and the Swedish Naval Materiel Department (FMV‐M). Base Bleed gives a significant increase in range and reduces the dispersion. The increase in range is obviously depending on the volume made available for the unit. At firing tests an increase in range of 25% has been achieved due to the base flow effect.