AMCP 706-247, AMC PAMPHLET: ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK: AMMUNITION SERIES (SECTION 4) DESIGN FOR PROJECTION (JUL-1964)

AMCP 706-247, AMC PAMPHLET: ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK: AMMUNITION SERIES (SECTION 4) DESIGN FOR PROJECTION (JUL-1964)., This handbook is the fourth of six handbooks on artillery ammunition and forms a part of the Engineering Design Handbook Series of the Army Materiel Command. Information concerning the other handbooks on artillery ammunition, together with the Table of Contents, Glossary and Index, will be found in AMCP 706-244, Section 1, Artillery Ammunition--General. The purpose of propellant design is to select the correct formulation and granulation to satisfy a given set of conditions. The limitations imposed by these conditions constitute the design problems. To achieve the desired results from a given propellant, it is necessary to consider such factors as cartridge case volume, rate of bore erosion, reduction of flash and smoke, ballistic uniformity, and high-velocity requirements balanced against pressure limitations. It may not be possible to satisfy all of these considerations; therefore, a certain amount of compromise is necessary.