Defensive Works of Subarctic Snow

• Main Author: Johnson,Philip R
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Ballistics; *DEFENSE SYSTEMS; *SNOW; *TERMINAL BALLISTICS; *FORTIFICATIONS; DENSITY; SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION; MANPOWER; PROTECTION; REVETMENTS; WU005; AST42; PE62730A; Revet; Ice; permafrost; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA051769; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA051769

It has been reported that small arms projectiles are inherently unstable in snow and that snow has an unexpectedly high ability to stop them and other fast-moving projectiles. Field tests showed that the typical subarctic snow of interior Alaska can be used effectively to provide protection from bot...