Comparison of Balance and Out of Balance Main Battle Tank Armaments

It has been commonly thought that stabilising an out of balance gun on a moving platform (tank or ship) is very difficult or impossible to achieve. Using models of a balanced and out of balance gun on a main battle tank this is shown not to be the case. The models of the guns used, include the effec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David J. Purdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/326219