Classical Armament Design

ID: 1325
Course type: vocational and applied
Course coordinator: Todić N. Ivana
Lecturers: Jevtić T. Dejan, Todić N. Ivana
Contact: Todić N. Ivana
Level of studies: B.Sc. (undergraduate) Academic Studies – Mechanical Engineering
ECTS: 6
Final exam type: written
Department: Department of Weapon Systems

Lectures

Goal

Introducing students to the basics of construction of artillery weapons, small arms, automatic cannons, armoured vehicles and tanks. The study of basic tactical - technical requirements, processes that occur during firing, and the principles of operation, determining the structural solutions of certain systems. Analysis of individual structural elements of different classical armament systems.

Outcome

Mastering the basic principles of the design of classical armament systems. Qualification for the calculation of basic parameters of processes that determine the design of individual systems. The basis for the later detailed study of artillery and automatic weapons design.

Theoretical teaching

Load on the artillery weapon carriage during firing. Types of gun mounts. A typical design and function principles of recoil braking systems. Basic types of construction solutions of gun barrels. Basic types and mechanisms of the breechblock. Types of devices on the gun mount. Basic characteristics and operating mechanisms of small arms. Automatic weapons based on the blow back operation. Automatic weapons with recoil operation. Recoil intensifiers and accelerators. Automatic weapons on the principle of gas operation. Types of locking and mechanical safety. Cartridge case extraction and ejection mechanisms, feed systems, trigger and firing mechanisms. Muzzle devices (muzzle breaks, flash hiders, silencers, muzzle deflectors). The characteristics of the construction of automatic cannons with their own or external power source. Concept and characteristics of self-propelled artillery weapons and tanks.

Practical teaching

Load on the artillery weapon carriage during firing. Calculation of the recoil braking system. Calculation of gun barrels. Basic types and mechanisms of the breechblock. Automatic weapons based on the blow back operation. Characteristic examples of the function of automatic weapons with recoil operation and with gas operation. Types of locking and mechanical safety. Cartridge case extraction and ejection mechanisms, feed systems, trigger and firing mechanisms. Muzzle devices (muzzle breaks, flash hiders, silencers, muzzle deflectors).

Attendance requirement

There are no special conditions for attending the subject.

Resources

1. Micković D.: Classical armament design - Handouts 2. Vasiljević M.: Automatic weapons, TŠC KoV JNA, Zagreb

Assigned hours

Total assigned hours: 75

Active teaching (theoretical)

New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Active teaching (practical)

Auditory exercises: 20
Laboratory exercises: 5
Calculation tasks: 5
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Knowledge test

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 10
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Knowledge test (100 points total)

Activity during lectures: 10
Test/test: 60
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 35

Literature

Gligorijević, N. et al.: Rocket engines with solid propellant - Selected chapters, Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, 2012. (Serbian); Stamatović, A.: Projectile construction, Ivexy, Belgrade, 1995. (Serbian); Јарамаз, С., Мицковић, Д.: Унутрашња балистика, Машински факултет, Београд, 2002.