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Environmental Testing of Caseless Ammunition
Author(s) -
Schmitt D.
Publication year - 1977
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.19770020303
Subject(s) - ammunition , engineering , aeronautics , forensic engineering , environmental science , materials science , metallurgy
Caseless ammunition is subjected to considerable loading both prior to and during use in the weapon. In order to be able to assess the suitability of the ammunition whilst still at the development stage, the types of loading which might occur were analyzed and test methods for their laboratory simulation compiled. A small calibre caseless ammunition developed at ICT was tested on this basis. It was concluded that the simulated loadings had no detrimental effect on the ammunition.