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Armor Level Protection to Armor Class
I did this a while back, but I worked out based on what various levels are suppose to stop and what E-Factor those weapon had and worked out the following chart.
ARMOR LEVEL PROTECTION Level I Armor Class: 8 Level IIA Armor Class: 10 Level II Armor Class: 12 Level IIIA Armor Class: 14 Level III Armor Class: 18 Level IV Armor Class: 21 PASGT Helmet Armor Class: 14 Weight: 1.65 kg Covers 40% Front and 90% sides and back PASGT Improved Outer Tactical Vest Armor Class: 14 Covers: Torso, Shoulders, Upper Arms, Neck and Groin Armor Class: 21 (4 Critical Plate, front, back and sides of torso, 70% coverage) Complete Weight: 13.6 kg PASGT MBAV (Modular Body Armor Vest) Armor Class: 21 Complete Weight: 7.3 kg Covers: Torso (4 ridged plates, front, back and sides) 70% Batlskin Viper P2 Helmet Armor Class: 14 (Level IIIA) Weight: 1.15 kg Covers: 40% Front, 80% sides and rear Accessories: Viper Front Mount, Viper Three Position Visor (AR: 8)(0.275 kg) and Viper Mandible Guard Kit (AR: 10)(0.385 kg), designed for Comms Headset to be worn under helmet. |
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http://www.thesupplybunker.net/pdf/4...tings_v1.1.pdf I'm working on an update for this chart as well. Transparent Armor (or Bullet Resistant Glass), is a little harder to find specs on it, but I'm making headway on this front. |
NIJ III+??
I have the the Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard - 0101.06 and I couldn't find a listing for Level III+. Technically there isn't even a Level V, but because of the protection provided of the highest level of Dragon Skin Body Armor the term Level V is applied and the specifications are classified by both DOJ, DOS and DOD. I just kind of guesttimated and could be as much as 4 to 6 points higher.
PS> Level III+ may refer to Level III with Stab Protection, So its Level III Ballistic Plus whatever rating of stab protection, normally Level I. |
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I thought Dragon Skin was no longer made? And NIJ had withheld there certification of it as well. |
Pinnacle Armor
Pinnacle Armor, the maker of Dragon Skin body armor, is still around as far as I have been able to find they are still making the armor along with other products. As of 2007 the Level III armor had NIJ certification of the 6 year operational life and the SOV-4000 (Level V) is made but is restricted to sale to government agencies only. SOV-2000 (Level III) and the SOV-3000 (Level IV).
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http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/i.../AT4/AT4_2.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-AT4_image.jpg SYSTEM Alternative Designations: US M136, Bofors AT 4, FFV AT4 Date of Introduction: INA Proliferation: At least seven countries Description: Crew: 1 Caliber (mm): 84 Weight (kg): 6 Length (mm): Firing Position: 1,000 Travel Position: 1,000 Rate of Fire (rd/min): N/A (disposable) Fire From Inside Building: See AT4 CS SIGHTS Name: INA Type: Popup, preset to 200 m Location: Top left Night Sights Available: Yes, INA VARIANTS (see NOTES) LMAW: Light Multipurpose Assault Weapon, uses HEDP AT4 CS: Confined space AT4 HP: High penetration AMMUNITION Name: AT4 HEAT Caliber (mm): 84 Type: HEAT Range (m): Effective: 300 Arming Range: INA Penetration: Armor (mm CE): 420 (E-factor 1958) Weight (kg): 6.7 Muzzle Velocity (m/s): 285 Name: LMAW (see VARIANTS) Caliber (mm): 84 Type: HEDP, modified Carl Gustaf HEPD FFV 502 (with dual mode fuze) Range (m): Effective: 300 Arming Range: INA Penetration: Armor (mm CE): 150 (E-factor 502) Concrete (m): INA Casualty Radius (m): INA Muzzle Velocity (m/s): 235 Name: AT4 CS (confined space) can fire from confined spaces as small as 22.5 m3 Caliber (mm): 84 Type: HEAT or HEDP (LMAW) warheads Range (m): Effective: INA Arming Range: INA Penetration: Armor (mm CE): 500 (E-factor 2466) Weight (kg): INA Muzzle Velocity (m/s): INA Name: AT4 HP (high penetration) Caliber (mm): 84 Type: HEAT Range (m): Effective: INA Arming Range: INA Penetration: Armor (mm CE): 600 (E-factor 3138) (DPW = 1179) Weight (kg): Less than 7 Muzzle Velocity (m/s): 290 http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../AT-4specs.png |
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United States 106-mm Recoilless Rifle M40
Oops, I have already done this one. |
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0px-MGM-51.jpg http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/c...llelagh_02.jpg Name MGM-151-C Shillelagh Missile Cal. 152mm E-Factor = 2466 48 * 2.5^[3.322(log(500) - 1.4049)] = 2465.731375 DPW = 9643 (3.6kg Octol) Wt. (Empty) 61.28 lb (27.8 kg) Min. Range 800 yards (730 m) before the gunner can see it, to guide it. Semi Active Command Line of Sight (SACLOS) Eff. Range 3000m Max. Range 3000m Burst Radius 5m Type of Fire Breech loaded (M81E1 Gun/Launcher) Rate of Fire Single Feed Device n/a Feed Device Wt. Manually loaded Basic Load 9 in hull of 29 stowed rounds total (M551) Load Wt. Total Wt. Additional Comments:15 pounds (6.8 kg) Shaped Charge Warhead including 8 pounds (3.6 kg) of Octol Explosives able to defeat 15.5 inches of RHA at 0º obliquity[2] |
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Also can A5 (98.5 to 99% RDX) be added? Thanks! |
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CARTRIDGE, 40-MILLIMETER: HEDP, M430, M430A1 This cartridge is a high explosive, dual purpose, impact type round designed to penetrate two inches (three inches for the M430A1) of steel armor at 0 angle of obliquity and inflict personnel casualties in the target area. It is fired from 40mm Machine Gun MK19 Mod 3. Not authorized for use in M129 Grenade Launcher. Warning! Use in the M203, H&K 469, or M79 will result in destruction of the weapon and severe injury or death of the operator. Complete round: Type --------------------------------- HEDP Weight ------------------------------ 0.75 lb (340 g) Length ------------------------------ 4.415 in. Weapons used with ------------- MK19 Mod 1and Mod 3 40mm Grenade Machine Gun Projectile: Body material -------------------- Blanked and drawn steel Color -------------------------------- Olive drab w/yellow markings and yellow ogive. Filler and wieght ---------------- Comp A5, 38 g (32 g - M430A1) (E-Factor = 117. DPW = 43/ E-factor =201, DPW = 43) Fuze --------------------------------- PIBD, M549 Propelling charge: Cartridge case -------------------- M169 Propellant ------------------------- M2, 4.2 g Primer ------------------------------ Percussion, FED 215 Performance: Maximum range ----------------- 2,200 m Muzzle velocity ------------------- 241 mps (790 fps) Arming distance ----------------- 18 to 40 m (59 -131 ft) Temperature Limits: Firing: Lower limit ------------------------ -65°F (-53.8°C) Upper limit ------------------------ +125°F(+52.0°C) Storage: Lower limit ------------------------ -65°F (-53.8°C) Upper limit ------------------------ +165°F(+73.9°C) U.S. Army Pack: *Packing *Packing box: ------------------------------ 50 rounds in linked belt Weight ------------------------------ 53 lb Dimensions ----------------------- 26-3/8 x 16-1/4 x 6-3/16 in. cube --------------------------------- 1.5 cu ft Packing Box: ------ 32 rounds in linked belt Weight ------------------------------- 42 lb Dimensions ------------------------ 18.76 x 10.39x 6.36 in. Cube --------------------------------- 0.72 cu ft |
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I am enjoying this discussion, but I do have a question. I was just comparing dpw numbers from the rules versus the calculation given here. There are some fairly large discrepancies. There are a few that I find perplexing and wonder if there is a reason. Take for example a TOW missile. It has about 3kg of LX-14, which is 95.5% HDX. Using the RE of 1.28, we get dpw of 8867 using the calculation. The rules show a dpw of 3120. My question is, would the fact that the warhead is a shaped charge inside a titanium form to direct the charge forward be the reason the dpw is lower? In my mind, that sort of makes sense, but does make dpw calculation just that much more complicated.
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As you ask does the shaped charge account for the reduced Dpw, most likely this could answer that question. |
Russian 82-mm Frag Projectile Model 0-832
Projectile fuzed mass: 3.41 kg Fuze: M-1 PD Filler: Schneiderite 0.40 kg Using weapon(s): Mortar M1937 (M1942-M1943 version) Remarks: Also uses M-2, M-3, M-4, MP, and MP-82 PD fuzes Anyone know what "Schneiderite" is and what the RE might be? |
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Looking at the chart above with .32 for pure AN and .68 for a 50/50 mix with TNT (stronger than DNN i believe), I don't think you would get much past .40 but that is really a guess. https://books.google.com/books?id=u2...losive&f=false confirms the wiki ratios and ingredients. It looks like the name went out of favor right after WWI as all published references I can find are before 1917. |
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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Projectile and Warhead Identification Guide—Foreign Information Cutoff Date: January 1997 |
Range=(v^2*sin(2o))/g
Using as a white board for a moment. Also, mortars general |
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To good not to share..... Rounds from 40mm and up. NATO and Soviet... by caliber, what weapon system, explosive filler, and amount.
Happy factoring! Attachment 3514 *Correction* NATO and primarily U.S. only. |
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Name M123A1 High Explosive Plastic (HEP) Caliber 165mm E-Factor = DPW = 36,668 (15.88kg Compostion A-3) Wt. 67.60 (30.66 kg) Eff. Range 914m Max. Range 914m Burst Radius 25m Type of Fire Breech loaded (M135 Demolition Gun) Rate of Fire Single Feed Device n/a Feed Device Wt. Manually loaded Basic Load 30 rounds stowed in the M728 CEV Load Wt. Total Wt. Additional Comments:This cartridge is a chemical energy round designed for demolition. It is capable of damaging or destroying the type of structures (log walls, concrete bunkers, etc.) and equipment (abandoned vehicles etc.) encountered on a battlefield. It is also effective as an antipersonnel round. Limitations: Functional reliability will be degraded when impacting soft targets such as marshy, sandy, clay, mud, or snow covered terrain. |
Hi Nuke!
Is this still current? I am thinking of going on a non-U.S. ATGM game stats spree....... Would this list be the most current still? I need to add Caribbean, Central America, Canadian, and more Soviet to the threats to Project or KFS equipment. May even do some torpedoes and anti-ship weapons. Quote:
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Updated the spreadsheet with the add ins from Nuke11 in the body of the thread and my weapons description short cut.
Alphabetized by explosive type too. Attachment 3523 |
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Name: M21 Anti-Tank, Heavy Wt: 17.5 lbs. Burst Radius: DPW: 11428 Main chg Comp H-6 10.8 lb 4.9 kg Packaging: 2 mines w/2 fuzes w/2 boosters in barrier bag. 2 bags (4 mines) w/2 wrenches in wire-bound box Package Wt: 90 lb Package Dimensions: 29-1/4 x 12-1/2 x13-1/2 in. Effects. Use: Mine M21 is used primarily for destroying tanks and tracked and wheeled vehicles. It is a standoff type that can penetrate 3-inch armor plate at a distance of 21 inches. It also functions as a blast-type mine (E-factor 204) Functioning: The fuze M607 for the mine is actuated by applying a horizontal force greater than 3.75 pounds at the end of the extension rod. The fuze is also actuated by a directly applied downward force of 290 pounds. The fuze ignites the black powder expelling charge in the mine and the resulting detonation opens up the mine cover and removes the earth covering the mine. Back pressure from the burning propellant drives the firing pin into the M42 primer which, in turn, ignites the delay assembly. After 0.15 second, the relay assembly is detonated, firing the M120 booster, which, in turn, fires the main charge. The steel dish is then driven at high velocity against the target. The arming wrench M26 is provided for use with this mine and fuze. |
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http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...20Landmine.jpg Name: M26 Anti personnel Wt: 2.2lbs, 997.9031g Burst Radius: DPW: 396 Main Chg Comp B 0.375 lb 170 gm Packaging: 3 mines per fiber container, 6 containers (18 mines) per wooden box Package Wt: 60lb, 27kg 215.5400g Package Dimensions: 21-1/4 x 12-1/2 x 9-3/4 in. Effects. Functioning: Setting the mine to the armed (A) position rotates the barrel assembly so that the primer and delay assembly are in direct alinement with the flash hole in the barrel assembly and with the expelling charge directly above. A force of 14 to 28 pounds on the mine top, or a pull on the top level will activate the mine. Upon actuation, the spring loaded firing pin is released and fires the primer and delay assembly which ignites the expelling charge. This ejects the fragmenting ball assembly to a height of approximately 2 meters. The delay, ignited by the expelling charge, then initiates the booster which detonates the main charge, shattering the fragmenting ball. The mine may be rigged for tripwire activation. Remove the trip lever from storage in the spool assembly and insert in the threaded well in the cam, top, center. Attach one or more of the tripwires, as required. Attached to, but easily removable from the mine are the following accessories: Arming Handle, Arming Instruction Tag, Trip Lever, and Spool Assembly. Four 20 foot trip wires, two colored olive drab and two tan, are stored on the spool. |
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For M102 Howitzer (KFS issue) towed behind one M35 2 1/2 ton truck.
Caliber: 105mm Weight: 1500kg ROF: 5 round per minute Maximum range: 14,000 Meters Feed Device: Single shot, screw type breech Basic Load: 150 rounds Ammunition types: HE, WP, Illum Crew: 8 http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...105mm%20HE.jpg Name M1 105mm HE E-Factor = DPW = 6136 (2.63084kg Compostion B) or 3771 (2.17724kg TNT) Wt. 39.92 lbs (18.107407 kg) Eff. Range 11500m Max. Range 11,500m Burst Radius 25m Type of Fire single shot, screw type breech Rate of Fire Single Feed Device n/a Feed Device Wt. Manually loaded Basic Load 150 rounds Load Wt. Total Wt. Additional Comments:Very basic HE artillery shell. Maybe fitted with a variety of fuses for air burst (Variable Time (VT)) which is preferred, impact, delay, and contact fuses. Limitations: Functional reliability will be degraded when impacting soft targets such as marshy, sandy, clay, mud, or snow covered terrain. Use: The projectile of this cartridge contains high explosive and is used for fragmentation, blast, and mining in support of ground troops and armored columns. Description: The projectile consists of a hollow steel forging with a boattail base, a streamlined ogive, and gilding metal rotating band. A base cover is welded to the base of the projectile for added protection against the entrance of hot gases from the propelling charge during firing. The high explosive (HE) filler within the projectile may be either cast TNT or Composition B. A fuze cavity is either drilled or formed in the filler at the nose end of the projectile. This cavity may be either shallow or deep. A cavity liner, to preclude dusting of HE during transportation and handling, is seated in the cavity and expanded into the lower projectile fuze threads. A supplementary charge is placed in the fuze cavity of projectiles having deep cavities. Projectiles with shallow cavities or deep cavities containing a supplementary charge use only short intrusion fuzes, PD, or MT. Those with deep cavities will accept the long intrusion proximity fuze after removing the supplementary charge. Projectiles may be shipped with a PD or MTSQ fuze or with a closing plug. When shipped with a closing plug, a chip board spacer is assembled between the supplementary charge and plug to limit movement of the former during transportation and handling. The cartridge case contains a percussion primer assembly and seven individually bagged and numbered propelling charge increments. The base of the cartridge case is drilled and the primer assembly is pressed into the base. The percussion primer assembly consists of a percussion ignition element and a perforated flash tube containing black powder. The seven numbered increment bags are tied together, in numerical order, with acrylic cord. These are assembled into the cartridge case, around the primer flash tube, with Increment 1 at the base of the cartridge case and Increment 7 toward the mouth of the cartridge case. Functioning: If the projectile is unfuzed, the closing plug is removed and a fuze assembled to the projectile prior to adjusting the charge and loading the cartridge into the weapon. Impact of the weapon firing pin results in the initiation of the percussion primer which, in turn, ignites the black powder in the flash tube. The flash tube provides for uniform ignition of the propelling charge producing a rapid expansion of the propellant gas which propels the projectile out of the weapon tube. Engagement of the projectile rotating band with the rifling of the weapon tube imparts spin to the projectile providing inflight stability. Projectile functioning is dependent upon the fuze used and may function on impact (instantaneous or delay), function above ground either at a predetermined height based upon time of flight or function in proximity with the target area. Fuze function detonates the HE projectile filler resulting in projectile fragmentation and blast. |
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CARTRIDGE, 25MM, ARMOR PIERCING DISCARDING SABOT-TRACER, M791
For use in M242 Bushmaster cannon. Attachment 3586 |
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CARTRIDGE, 25MM, HIGH EXPLOSIVE INCENDIARY-TRACER, M792
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Should a new formula include the detonation velocity to figure DPW? |
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Currently, explosives are ranked and the damage points are factored off the given explosives effectiveness relative to an equivalent amount of TNT. There is one difference not taken into account when factoring damage. The detonation velocity. Looking for a way to model some explosives like thermobarics and give them their just do in power. There are a number of thermobarics in the list... look for aluminum. |
The Gurney Equations14 are a range of formulae used in explosives engineering to predict how fast an explosive will accelerate a surrounding layer of metal or other material when the explosive detonates. This determines how fast fragments are released on detonation of an item of ammunition. This initial fragment velocity can then be used with other ballistic equations to predict either danger areas or fragment penetration.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...0equations.jpg So what should the mass of shrapnel be? I was going with 0.1 gram for a modern grenade. 0.5 gram for a modern mortar shell. Anyone think more? |
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so how about this.....
M67 Fragmentation grenade.. using the spherical charge equation. (7620/(7620/0.333)=((0.1/0.18)+3/5)-1/2 <--- that in negative one half as an exponent. 22882 = 0.65555555555555555555555555555556 Fragment is moving a 0.66 meters per second? But, then E-factor is based on speed and diameter of the projectile..... without weight as a factor. |
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I think your algebra is off. I solved the equation for V and got the equation below.
Substituting the values I get V = 2730 m/s |
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So, with a velocity.... we need a diameter for the e-factor formula. Modern grenade? 1mm? or 0.5 mm? for a fragment....... WW2 grenade, 3mm? 5mm? |
We might not need to know the size, but use a modified E-Factor calculation. The E-Factor is a measure of the wound cavity. As wound cavity is caused mostly by momentum conservation and transfer, it is the momentum of the fragment that matters. Momentum is just mass x velocity, which we have for fragmentation. We just need to find how the bullet diameter is related to mass and make the substitution.
Edit Been giving this some more thought. We really don't need to mess with the formula if we have an idea of the fragment size, and that size can be calculated if we make some assumptions. If we assume the fragments are roughly cylindrical with diameter approximately the same as the height, we can use the density of steel and the mass we know to calculate the volume and extrapolate the dimensions. Sounds like a lunch time project. |
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