Ballistics

Question 1

What are the types of ballistics?

Answer 1

-Interior
-Exterior
-Aerial
-Terminal

Question 2

What are the interior ballistic characteristics?

Answer 2

-Barrel Wear
-Propellant Chargers
-Projectile Weight
-Launcher tube / Rod Pod Misalignment
-Thrust Misalignment

Question 3

What are the exterior ballistic characteristics?

Answer 3

-Air Resistance
-Gravity
-Yaw
-Wind Drift

Question 4

Aerial ballistic characteristics?

Answer 4

-Rotor Down-Wash
-Angular Rate Error
-Turning Bank
-Relative Wind Effect
-Trajectory Shift
-Port-Starboard Effect
-Projectile Jump (Vertical Plane Gyroscopic Effect)

Question 5

Terminal ballistics (projectile characteristics and target effects)

Answer 5

-Surface Condition
-Warhead
-Angle of Impact
-Turret bending
-Rotor Down-Wash Error
-Angular Rate Error
-Lead Angle Compensation / Trajectory Shift
-Projectile Jump
-Wind Drift

Question 6

What are the different types of weapon range?

Answer 6

-Kinematic Range
-Maximum Range (Rmax)
-Max Effective Range (Rme)
-Horizontal Range (Rhoz)
-Slant Range (Rslt)
-Weapons Engagement Zone (WEZ)