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- From: Urban F <urf@ki.icl.se>
- Subject: G-6 (Was: Best piece of artillery...)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:47:26 GMT
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- From Urban F <urf@ki.icl.se>
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- >From Rusty <rteasdal@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu>
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- >The other note is a subtle one: the range of the gun when using
- >base bleed projectiles is rumored to be substantially greater than that
- >published.
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- Rumours are exactly that. But, if the specified range concerns
- sea level firings, you can get slightly more range than that in
- the thinner air at higher altitudes.
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- >And, I might add, I paced off the barrel length on
- >the ground, did some trig, and concluded that the elevation was a few
- >degrees less than the ballistically optimum 45 degrees...
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- This optimum is only valid in a vacuum. In an atmosphere,
- maximum range is obtained with lower elevations.
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- Urban Fredriksson urf@icl.se
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