Ballistics, 2nd Edition

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Acknowledgments

In the four years of development of this book, many people have contributed in a variety

of ways. This has probably been the most difcult section that we had to write for fear of

neglecting key people.

We are a generation apart in our careers, mentors, and experience, but not in our enthu-

siasm for the subject. As the elder, Sidney S. Jacobson must acknowledge several people

who inspired his enthusiasm beginning in the 1950s: Robert Schwartz, designer of the 280

mm atomic shell who also wrote the rst set of ammunition design notes; Alfred A. Loeb,

aeroballistician and friend; and Ralph F. Campoli, a peerless ammunition designer ...