Download or read book Chambering the Next Round written by N.R. Jenzen-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chambering the Next Round Emergent Small calibre Cartridge Technologies written by N.R. Jenzen-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Science Technology and U S National Security Strategy written by Raymond F. DuBois and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s challenging, technologically informed environment, the U.S. military must continue to ensure a competitive advantage. This report suggests ways to develop a cadre of technologically competent officers with the requisite leadership and operational skills to excel in this fast-paced and ever-evolving environment. It involves a complementary set of selection, assignment, promotion, and military and civilian education opportunities that infuse our next generation of leaders with strategic, creative, and critical thinking attributes to interact effectively between and among the policy, technology, and operational communities.

Download or read book Power to the People written by Audrey Kurth Cronin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never have so many possessed the means to be so lethal. The diffusion of modern technology (robotics, cyber weapons, 3-D printing, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence) to ordinary people has given them access to weapons of mass violence previously monopolized by the state. In recent years, states have attempted to stem the flow of such weapons to individuals and non-state groups, but their efforts are failing. As Audrey Kurth Cronin explains in Power to the People, what we are seeing now is an exacerbation of an age-old trend. Over the centuries, the most surprising developments in warfare have occurred because of advances in technologies combined with changes in who can use them. Indeed, accessible innovations in destructive force have long driven new patterns of political violence. When Nobel invented dynamite and Kalashnikov designed the AK-47, each inadvertently spurred terrorist and insurgent movements that killed millions and upended the international system. That history illuminates our own situation, in which emerging technologies are altering society and redistributing power. The twenty-first century "sharing economy" has already disrupted every institution, including the armed forces. New "open" technologies are transforming access to the means of violence. Just as importantly, higher-order functions that previously had been exclusively under state military control - mass mobilization, force projection, and systems integration - are being harnessed by non-state actors. Cronin closes by focusing on how to respond so that we both preserve the benefits of emerging technologies yet reduce the risks. Power, in the form of lethal technology, is flowing to the people, but the same technologies that empower can imperil global security - unless we act strategically.

Download or read book Firearms written by Helen Poole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms: Global Perspectives on Consequences, Crime and Control explores the many dimensions of the illicit use of firearms across the globe, including legal, social science, technical and research perspectives on the issue. Employing a global set of case studies, the book introduces students to the core issues related to the trafficking, manufacture, availability and criminal use of firearms, as well as firearms markets, national and international legal frameworks to control firearms, the response of the criminal justice system, the role of civil society in affecting change and how students can get involved through research and action. Firearms will be of great interest to students of Criminology, Criminal Justice, International Law, International Development, Policing, Crime Control and Community Safety.

Download or read book Caseless Ammunition written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Caseless Ammunition Caseless ammunition, also known as caseless cartridges, is a type of weapon-cartridge configuration that does away with the cartridge case. The cartridge case is the component of a weapon-cartridge that is typically responsible for holding the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a single unit. Instead of using a cartridge case, the propellant and primer are attached to the projectile in some other fashion, such as either inside or outside the projectile, depending on the arrangement. This eliminates the need for the cartridge case. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Caseless ammunition Chapter 2: Firearm Chapter 3: Cartridge (firearms) Chapter 4: Muzzle velocity Chapter 5: Grenade launcher Chapter 6: Heckler and Koch G11 Chapter 7: Cooking off Chapter 8: Rimfire ammunition Chapter 9: Sabot (firearms) Chapter 10: Gun barrel Chapter 11: Internal ballistics Chapter 12: Blank (cartridge) Chapter 13: Blowback (firearms) Chapter 14: Obturation Chapter 15: Rim (firearms) Chapter 16: 7.92?57mm Mauser Chapter 17: 7.5?55mm Swiss Chapter 18: Voere VEC-91 Chapter 19: Glossary of firearms terms Chapter 20: Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Chapter 21: Primer (firearms) (II) Answering the public top questions about caseless ammunition. (III) Real world examples for the usage of caseless ammunition in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of caseless ammunition' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of caseless ammunition.

Download or read book Lightweight Small Arms Technologies written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Lightweight Small Arms Technologies The mission of the Lightweight Small Guns Technologies (LSAT) program, which is supported by the Joint Service Small Arms Program of the United States, is to dramatically cut down on the weight of small arms and the ammunition that goes along with them. The LSAT program is the United States military's most recent effort to replace already-existing small guns, following in the footsteps of a number of previous projects designed to study technological advancements in small arms. Lightening the load of small guns is the first big step toward boosting troops' lethality and survivability, according to both tactical principles and the research that was conducted as part of past small arms initiatives. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Chapter 2: Cartridge (firearms) Chapter 3: Heckler and Koch G11 Chapter 4: Caseless ammunition Chapter 5: Internal ballistics Chapter 6: Stoner 63 Chapter 7: Steyr ACR Chapter 8: Advanced Combat Rifle Chapter 9: Advanced Individual Combat Weapon Chapter 10: Benelli CB M2 Chapter 11: Ares Incorporated Chapter 12: Glossary of firearms terms Chapter 13: LSAT light machine gun Chapter 14: LSAT (disambiguation) Chapter 15: LSAT rifle Chapter 16: LSAT caseless ammunition Chapter 17: M249 light machine gun Chapter 18: Telescoped ammunition Chapter 19: Polymer-cased ammunition Chapter 20: High?low system Chapter 21: Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (II) Answering the public top questions about lightweight small arms technologies. (III) Real world examples for the usage of lightweight small arms technologies in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of lightweight small arms technologies' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of lightweight small arms technologies.

Download or read book The Arms Trade Treaty A Commentary written by Andrew Clapham and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions. Furthermore, the treaty requires a national regulatory body to authorize proposed transfers of conventional weapons covered by the treaty, but does not detail how such a body should be established and how it should effectively function. The Arms Trade Treaty: A Commentary explains in detail each of the treaty provisions, the parameters for prohibitions or the denial of transfers, international cooperation and assistance, and implementation obligations and mechanisms. As states ratify and implement the Treaty over the next few years, the commentary provides invaluable guidance to government officials, commentators, and scholars on the meaning of its contentious provisions. This volume describes in detail which weapons are covered by the treaty and explains the different forms of transfer that the Arms Trade Treaty regulates. It covers international human rights, trade, disarmament, humanitarian law, criminal law, and state-to-state use of force, as well as the application of the treaty to non-state actors.

Download or read book Army Ammunition Data Sheets written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Science and Engineering of Small Arms written by Prasanta Kumar Das and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book initiates with the story of the evolution of firearms to enable the reader to appreciate the sequence of the development of firearms. It discusses different classes of small arms, their mechanics, internal and external ballistics. Further, it covers the design idea of barrels and actions, various operating principles and relevant discussion on ammunition and propellants. The principle of quality in the design of the small arms is also elaborated in the desired degree. The book brings out the relevance of modern manufacturing technologies like MIM and various surface treatments, and polymers for enhancement of product quality. To appreciate the sophistication of the architecture, the book presents the anatomical details of a few small arms of reputes. Provides complete understanding of overall small weapon systems Explores mechanics and physics of small arms Discusses proper design, quality control, and manufacturing process selections for a good weapon Covers common type of weapon failures and catastrophic failure Includes relevance of manufacturing processes The book is aimed at professionals and graduate students in Mechanical Design, Armament Design, Gun Design including personnel in the military, paramilitary, police, and all other armed forces and their maintenance crews.

Download or read book Telescoped Ammunition written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Telescoped Ammunition The term "telescoped ammunition" refers to a kind of projectile that is either partly or entirely encased by the propellant in the construction of the ammunition. To provide just one example, there is ammunition designed for both hand weapons and artillery. Telescoping is often used for caseless ammunition. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Telescoped ammunition Chapter 2: 5.56 x 45mm NATO Chapter 3: Squad automatic weapon Chapter 4: Grenade launcher Chapter 5: Sniper rifle Chapter 6: Heckler and Koch G11 Chapter 7: Caseless ammunition Chapter 8: Special Purpose Individual Weapon Chapter 9: 6.8mm Remington SPC Chapter 10: Advanced Combat Rifle Chapter 11: Heckler and Koch HK CAWS Chapter 12: Ares Incorporated Chapter 13: Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Chapter 14: Underwater firearm Chapter 15: LSAT light machine gun Chapter 16: LSAT rifle Chapter 17: LSAT caseless ammunition Chapter 18: Polymer-cased ammunition Chapter 19: CTA International Chapter 20: .277 Fury Chapter 21: Next Generation Squad Weapon Program (II) Answering the public top questions about telescoped ammunition. (III) Real world examples for the usage of telescoped ammunition in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of telescoped ammunition' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of telescoped ammunition.

Download or read book Increasing Small Arms Lethality In Afghanistan Taking Back The Infantry Half Kilometer written by Major Thomas P. Ehrhart and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operations in Afghanistan frequently require United States ground forces to engage and destroy the enemy at ranges beyond 300 meters. These operations occur in rugged terrain and in situations where traditional supporting fires are limited due to range or risk of collateral damage. With these limitations, the infantry in Afghanistan require a precise, lethal fire capability that exists only in a properly trained and equipped infantryman. While the infantryman is ideally suited for combat in Afghanistan, his current weapons, doctrine, and marksmanship training do not provide a precise, lethal fire capability to 500 meters and are therefore inappropriate. Comments from returning non-commissioned officers and officers reveal that about fifty percent of engagements occur past 300 meters. The enemy tactics are to engage United States forces from high ground with medium and heavy weapons, often including mortars, knowing that we are restricted by our equipment limitations and the inability of our overburdened soldiers to maneuver at elevations exceeding 6000 feet. Current equipment, training, and doctrine are optimized for engagements under 300 meters and on level terrain There are several ways to extend the lethality of the infantry. A more effective 5.56-mm bullet can be designed which provides enhanced terminal performance out to 500 meters. A better option to increase incapacitation is to adopt a larger caliber cartridge, which will function using components of the M16/M4. The 2006 study by the Joint Service Wound Ballistics-Integrated Product Team discovered that the ideal caliber seems to be between 6.5 and 7-mm. This was also the general conclusion of all military ballistics studies since the end of World War I.

Download or read book Cartridges written by Herschel C. Logan and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Logan was a commercial artist and writer with a strong firearms interest. This book contains excellent drawings, labels, and identification for cartridge types illustrating development from paper cartridge to the modern types. Patient delving into this volume will show an alert reader how paper cartridges became metal cartridges. Most general readers have no conception, for example, how many competing systems were in place during the Civil War. By 1873 all had become obsolete but the two still in use toda--rimfire and center fire. Logan divides cartridge types into groups: paper, combustible, separate primed, self-contained, rimfire, and center fire. Each of these divisions break down into variations. All systematic discussions must use or grapple with these divisions. The most common Civil War cartridge was a paper wrapper which held black powder and a bullet. The cartridge had to be torn or bitten open, the powder poured down the barrel, followed by the bullet and rammed until compact. A percussion cap was added to the weapon to ignite the powder. A quantum leap forward was a metal cartridge with a hole in the base. It was loaded into the weapon and the percussion cap was added outside. Finally a complete cartridge was developed which could be placed inside the weapon and fired when the chamber was closed. The author shows what the competing systems were and how they worked. His book is a good introduction. Any serious collector or student of cartridge history will need more references, but Logan's Cartridges can be the beginning place for the study. There are a few errors and, obviously, omissions but the work is excellent for its vintage. Few fifty year old books on technology can claim that.--By Antonius Tio.--For Amazon.com.

Download or read book Precision Guided Firearm written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is Precision Guided Firearm Long-range rifle systems known as precision guided weapons (PGFs) are meant to increase the accuracy of firing at targets at longer ranges via the use of target tracking, heads-up displays, and improved fire control. The introduction of PGF technology to small weapons, which was inspired by missile lock-on and fighter jet technology, reduces various causes of marksman mistake, such as mis-aim, trigger jerk, and shot setup miscalculation. At extreme ranges of 1,100 meters or farther, PGFs have the potential to greatly boost the first shot success probability (FSSP). How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Precision-guided firearm Chapter 2: Rifle Chapter 3: Shooting Chapter 4: Bullet Chapter 5: .50 BMG Chapter 6: Grenade launcher Chapter 7: Needlegun Chapter 8: Caseless ammunition Chapter 9: Heckler and Koch XM8 Chapter 10: Smart bullet Chapter 11: Riot gun Chapter 12: Accurizing Chapter 13: XM25 CDTE Chapter 14: Milliradian Chapter 15: Benchrest shooting Chapter 16: S and T Daewoo K11 Chapter 17: EXACTO Chapter 18: PAPOP Chapter 19: Precision-guided munition Chapter 20: TrackingPoint Chapter 21: Long range shooting (II) Answering the public top questions about precision guided firearm. (III) Real world examples for the usage of precision guided firearm in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of precision guided firearm' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of precision guided firearm.

Download or read book Know Your Ammo the Ballistics and Technical Design of Ammunition written by Paul Kisak and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Know Your Ammo" is designed to show the "best of the best" ballistics and loading data. The manual is also designed to compare the performance and design characteristics of over 200 popular rounds of ammunition based on maximum muzzle velocity. The manual gives an introduction to the following : 1.) The background, notes, assumptions and formulas used when calculating the ballistic characteristics of ammunition. 2.) Individual tables of ammunition characteristics for over 200 calibers or rounds of ammunition. 3.) A Chart of Gun Powder burn rates. 4.) An Overview of Explosives. 5.) Several Emergency and Survival Preparedness GuidesThe Following Characteristics are explained and listed in the manual for ease of comparison between rounds (for example - comparing the Optimum Take-down Weight of a .223 vs. 7.62 x 39 mm):Bullet Weight ( Grains) :Cartridge Charge (Grains) :Muzzle Speed (feet per second) :Actual Chamber Pressure in (CUP's) :Maximum Allowable SAAMI Pressure (CUP's) :Accurate PowderTM Type :Bullet Type (i.e. FMJ, JHP, SWG, etc.) : Maximum Cartridge Length (inches) :Brass Length (inches) :Bullet Length (inches) :Bullet Width (inches) :Muzzle Energy (foot-pounds) :Recoil Impulse I (pound-seconds) :Free Recoil Speed VG (feet per second) :"Kick" - Free Recoil Energy EG (foot-pounds) :Minimum Length of Twist Required for Optimum Stability (inches) :Density of Loading :The Rotational Speed in RPM (Revolutions per second) :Prof. Hunter John Taylor's Knockout Blow :Sectional Density :Editor John Wooter's L-factor :Ballistic Expert Ed Matuna's Optimum Takedown Game Weight (pounds) :Momentum (pounds - feet per second) :Maximum Potential Energy of Ignited Powder (foot-pounds) :Efficiency of Maximum Energy Produced (%) :Average Speed of Bullet in the Barrel (feet per second) :Average Pressure on the Bullet in the Barrel (CUP's) :Average Energy of the Bullet in the Barrel (foot-pounds) :Approximate Ballistic Coefficient :Absolute Effective Range at Sea Level (feet) :Absolute Effective Range with 10 mph Tail Wind (feet) :Representative Weight of Weapon (pounds) :Ratio of Muzzle Energy to Weight of Weapon (%) :Bullet Drop at various ranges :

Download or read book Brassey s Essential Guide to Military Small Arms written by D. F. Allsop and published by Brassey's (UK) Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work deals with the classification, construction, design and theory of different kinds of small arms (hand-firing weapons, heavy machine guns and small-calibre automatic cannons). It provides the necessary knowledge and information to designers, workers in research and development, students at military colleges and all those with an interest in firearms.

Download or read book Weapon of Choice written by Matthew Ford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Western military technological innovation through the lens of developments in small arms during the twentieth century. These weapons have existed for centuries, appear to have matured only incrementally and might seem unlikely technologies for investigating the trajectory of military-technical change. Their relative simplicity, however, makes it easy to use them to map patterns of innovation within the military-industrial complex. Advanced technologies may have captured the military imagination, offering the possibility of clean and decisive outcomes, but it is the low technologies of the infantryman that can help us develop an appreciation for the dynamics of military-technical change. Tracing the path of innovation from battlefield to back office, and from industry to alliance partner, Ford develops insights into the way that small arms are socially constructed. He thereby exposes the mechanics of power across the military-industrial complex. This in turn reveals that shifting power relations between soldiers and scientists, bureaucrats and engineers, have allowed the private sector to exploit infantry status anxiety and shape soldier weapon preferences. Ford's analysis allows us to draw wider conclusions about how military innovation works and what social factors frame Western military purchasing policy, from small arms to more sophisticated and expensive weapons.