Muzzle Energy

By Bertil Jonell ·

TML message #4201From bundle 347

Taken from sci.military:

From: [email removed] (Charles S. Leveritt )
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Agency Works to Increase Gun Range
Sender: [email removed] (Steve Bridges)
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.

CANNON      PROJECTILE (kg)             MUZZLE           MUZZLE
                                   VELOCITY (m/sec)    ENERGY (MJ)

105-mm          5.87                     1486              6.48
M68 (tank)

120-mm          8.95                     1575              11.1
M256 (tank)

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