The Development of Armor-piercing Shells (With Suggestions for Their Improvement)

By Carlos De Zafra

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066221980

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Carlos De Zafra

The Development of Armor-piercing Shells (With Suggestions for Their Improvement)

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EAN 4064066221980

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THE DEVELOPMENT

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Armor-piercing Shells

(With Suggestions for their Improvement)

By

CARLOS de ZAFRA , M.E.

Faculty Lecturer, New York University

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(With Suggestions for their Improvement)

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1915

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Historical

The manufacture of projectiles to meet the requirements of the modern science of warfare has been brought to its present high stage of development through a long series of experiments based, at first, more upon theory than perhaps any other branch of engineering.

In the days of wooden vessels very little thought was given to the actual physical properties of the then cast iron spherical mass. The gun was the agent upon which depended the ability of the projectile to penetrate. The projectile, being confronted by so slight a resisting material as wood, was distorted or physically affected to practically no degree by the resisting medium. When fighting yard-arm to yard-arm the power of the gun was sufficient to fully penetrate the enemy, while at long ranges considerable damage would be executed without in the least impairing, by the shock of impact (which was inconsiderable as compared with modern conditions) the physical condition of the shot.

In the days of the all-wood vessel the guns were of the smooth-bore class divided into various types with nomenclature according to the size or weight of the shot, very much as they are today, i.e., 3-pounder, 6-pounder, 4-inch, 10-inch, etc.

A general review of the gradual development of projectiles will be found beneficial and helpful to a more complete understanding of the complexities involved in overcoming the present day difficulties.

In the smooth-bore gun spherical shot was used. This was by no means a tight fitting device. Upon firing