BOMB PENETRATION TESTS, FORT CHURCHILL, CANADA.

Inert mortar shells and inert general-purpose, semi-armor-piercing, and armor-piercing bombs were dropped on frozen ground (glacial till) near Fort Churchill, Manitoba. Canada during the winter 1956-57 to observe projectile penetration and determine the feasibility of forming trenches and foxholes i...

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Main Author: Livingston,Clifton W.
Other Authors: BARODYNAMICS INC GEORGETOWN COLO
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1960
Subjects:
*AMMUNITION
*SOILS
*FORTIFICATIONS
EXPLOSION EFFECTS
PENETRATION
PREPARATION
GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS
ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION
MORTAR AMMUNITION
BOMB TRAJECTORIES
PROJECTILE TRAJECTORIES
FRAGMENTATION
TERMINAL BALLISTICS
CREEP
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
AIRBORNE
CANADA
Canada
Fort Churchill
Churchill
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0612875
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0612875
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Summary:Inert mortar shells and inert general-purpose, semi-armor-piercing, and armor-piercing bombs were dropped on frozen ground (glacial till) near Fort Churchill, Manitoba. Canada during the winter 1956-57 to observe projectile penetration and determine the feasibility of forming trenches and foxholes in frozen ground by means of bombs released from aircraft. Projectiles ranging from 81-mm mortar shells to 1600 AP bombs were released from altitudes of 2000 to 24,500 ft. Analysis of the test data was directed towards determining fundamentals of penetration of projectiles into materials of the earth's crust. (Author)

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