The U.S. Government and several industry representatives collaborated to initiate a demonstration of the current 35-mm airburst technology. The U.S. Government gathered an initial baseline database of 'off-the-shelf' airburst technology, while industry was given the opportunity to demonstrate the performance of their airbursting munitions to U.S. and foreign government organizations and to numerous users. Two 35-mm airburst projectiles were evaluated, the Oerlikon Contraves AHEAD projectile and the Diehl high-explosive- time fuse (HE-TF) projectile, for basic function properties and against targets representing several combat scenarios (i.e., troops in the field, troops in a covered antitank guided missile ATGM site, a helicopter, and the optics of a lightly armored vehicle). The basic function evaluation included the burst location, number and location of fragments, and the perforation ability of the subprojectiles against thin-steel sheets and celotex. Most of the personnel impacted in the simulated targets, some with helmets and jackets, were incapacitated to some degree. The impacts to the helicopters would have resulted in some level of mission degradation (abort), and the optics on the lightly armored vehicle were effectively damaged, making them unusable.


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    Title :

    Results of 35-mm Airburst Demonstration


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    65 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English