Some aspects of future military requirements

Author

Jamet, F. ; Wegner, V. ; Peter, H.

Author_Institution

French-German Res. Inst. of Saint-Louis, France

Volume

29

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

351

Lastpage

353

Abstract

The authors present a few results from operational research considerations in order to highlight the advantages of the higher muzzle velocities that can be obtained by electrically driven guns. They then present an analysis of future military needs in anti-armor and anti-air missions. They also give a brief description of the joint French-German research program on electromagnetic launch technology. Three types of demonstrators are planned: an electrothermal gun, a railgun, and a coilgun. The stored electric energy will be 30 MJ for the first one and 10 to 15 MJ for the other two launchers. The tests with the subscale demonstrators are scheduled to begin in 1995

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; energy storage; military equipment; 10 to 15 MJ; 30 MJ; French-German research program; anti-air missions; anti-armor missions; coilgun; electric energy storage; electrically driven guns; electromagnetic launch technology; electrothermal gun; military needs; muzzle velocities; railgun; Aircraft; Electromagnetic launching; Guns; Helicopters; Information analysis; Kinetic energy; Kinetic theory; Powders; Probability; Projectiles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.195598

Filename

195598