More bang for your buck--warhead technology.
Armada International › Vol. 27 Nbr. 4, August 2003
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More bang for your buck--warhead technology.
As with any weapon system, the end result of an artillery fire mission has to be measured in terms of on-target effectiveness. As an analogy of current projectile design trends, today's automobiles cram at lot more power into their engine compartments than was possible as recently as a decade ago. Yet the engines remain as compact as before (if anything they grow smaller). The same thing is happening with artillery projectiles. Not only are they now capable of delivering more effective payloads, they also deliver novel types of content that extend the military applications of the artillery projectile to new possibilities.
Extended range is one of those possibilities. Now, as always, gunners regard maximum potential range as one of their main combat assets but at the same time demanding that ...See the full content of this document
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