Report ARL-TR-
3671. Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, 2005. – 34 p.While the use of guns and gun-like devices extends back in history for more than a millennium, the past century has been marked by significant advances in the technology of guns, the projectiles they launch, and the propulsion systems employed to launch these projectiles to ever-increasing velocities. This report chronicles a sampling of theoretical and experimental advances in the science of gun propulsion and its application to a wide range of practical gun propulsion concepts.Contents:
Background.
Interior Ballistics – The Underpinning Science of Gun Propulsion.
Landmark Experimental Contributions.
Theoretical Interior Ballistics.
Gun Propulsion – Ordnance Applications.
Gun Propulsion – Hypervelocity Applications.
Current Drivers for Research and Prognosis for the Future.
References.
