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Ballistics, 2nd Edition
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Ballistics, 2nd Edition

by Donald E. Carlucci, Sidney S. Jacobson
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
608 pages
21h 36m
English
CRC Press
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243Trajectories
Problem 18
The main armament of the last pre-war U.S. Heavy Cruisers (known as the “tin-clads”)
was an 8 in./55 cal weapon. The effective range of this weapon was 30,000 yards at
an elevation of 40°43. During the Second World War, there were many night actions
in the Pacic where these weapons were used at an extremely short range (less than
10,000 yards). You are asked to create a ring table for this weapon at the short ranges.
The muzzle velocity of the weapon/projectile/propellant combination is 2500 ft/s. The
projectile is an APC (Armor Piercing, Capped) with a diameter of 8 in. and a mass of
335 lbm. Since the range is short, we can assume the projectile behaves according to the
at re assumption with a drag coefcient ...
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