Artillery weapons

It should be noted that riobeit s Law is valid only for non-porous powders which deflagrate but do not expld. Hence, it is Inapplicable to powders which are porous such as BlkPdr, non-gelatinized, compressed NC, etc. See Burning and Burning Characteristics of Propellants for Artillery Weapons and Small Arms in Vol 2, B346-L to B347-L Refs 1) Marshall 1 (1917), 310-11 2) Perez Ara (1945), 417—18 3) S. Fordham,... 

Pressure, Influence of on Combustion of Propellants. See under Burning and Burning Characteristics of Propellants for Artillery Weapons and Small Arms in Vol 2, B346-L ff... 

Primers used in small arms and field artillery weapons were of the nonelectric type, but in stationary cannons, such as in coastal artillery or in Naval cannons, electric primers could be used... 

The first term, "bore safety", is applicable only to fuzes used in cannon and mortar projectiles or in rockets. It refers to the provision of means to prevent functioning while in the bore of the artillery weapon or in the rocket-launching tube. Such fuzes are said to be bore safe. A fuze which is not provided with a safety device to prevent the explosion of the main charge of an ammuni-... 

Preparazione delle cartucce innesco) 30a) Anon, "Soviet Fuzes for Aircraft Funs, Mortars and Artillery Weapons ", Ordnance Industrial Division Manual ORDI 7-102... 

Most Infantry Artillery Weapons (Hoheiho) were characterized by their immobility, as very few of them were designed for rapid motor transport. The standard Field Piece (Yaho) was 75mm, although 105mm and 150mm were frequently encountered... 

Coast Artillery (Weapons). Kaiganho Combat. Sento... 

French heavy artillery weapon (such as 155-mm cannon), successfully used during WWI... 

The following artillery weapons are now used by the US Armed Forces ... 

Note It is regrettable to say that there are no modern comprehensive treatises on US, Brit, French, Ital, Spanish, etc Artillery Weapons. Most of the existing books are either too brief or obsolete. The Russian book "Kurs Attilleriee by BlinovfRef 52) is fairly comprehensive but it is now out of print(A copy is available in the Library of Congress)... 

D.A.Werblin,Ordnance Sergeant,Feb 1943,pp 160—63(Fundamentals of Artillery Weapons) 35)M.M.Johnson,Jr C.T.Haven, "Ammunition, Its History, Development and... 

The calibers of US artillery weapons are listed under Ammunition and Weapons Refs l)Merriam-Webster s (1951), 157 2) EncyclBritannica 2(1952), 463-78 3)Collier s Encycl 2(1957), 294-310... 

Burning rates of proplnts for artillery weapons 4D164... 

Combustion of proplnts for artillery weapons and small arms, see Burning and burning characteristics of proplnts for artillery weapons and small arms 2 B346 3 C427—C428... 

Breech-loader. A firearm or an artillery weapon that is loaded at.the breech instead of at the... 

Aflred Krupp(Germany), Freyre(Spain) and Broad-well(US). By the end of the 19th century breech -loading cannons were perfected and only very few improvements have been made since that time. Howitzers are also breech-loading weapons. The only artillery weapons which are muzzle-loaded are light mortars (See also Breech Mechanisms)... 

Experimental procedures for detn of burning rates of rocket proplnts are practically identical with those described under "Burning and Burning Characteristics of Propellants for Artillery Weapons and Small Arms The method described by Warren(Ref 25,PP 90-1) uses a modified Crawshaw strand-burning apparatus. This method is used with solid strands ca 1/8 in diam and 7 long and which are coated with a plastic so that they burn from one end only... 

Caliber is the diameter of the bore measured between opposite lands of a rifled small arm or an artillery weapon. The lands of a weapon are the raised portions of the rifling in a bore, and the spaces betw the lands are called grooves... 

For artillery weapons, the caliber is expressed in the US GtBrit in inches(and sometimes in millimeters), while in other countries in millimeters or centimeters. The word Caliber(or the abbr Cal) precedes the number, such as Cal 3-inch Field Gun. When the word "calibers follows the number, such as in the definition "Gun,16—inch, 50 calibers , it means the length of the barrel is equal to 50 times the caliber(in this case 16 ) which gives 50 x 16= 800 inches... 

Calibers of current US artillery weapons are listed in Vol l,p A386- R. Calibers of WWII German weapons are listed in Ref 4 Refs l)Anon, "Ammunition Inspection Guide , TM 9-1904(1944), 7 2)Ohart(1946), 10 64- 5 3)G.M.Bames, "Weapons of World War II ,... 

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