Assessment of Selected Cannons according to the Probability of Target Destruction

Jiří Němeček; Martin Polášek

doi:10.3849/aimt.01172

Authors

Jiří Němeček Department of Aircraft Electrical Systems, University of Defence, Czech Republic
Martin Polášek Department of Aircraft Electrical Systems, University of Defence, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3849/aimt.01172

Keywords:

aircraft automatic cannon, rate of fire, probability of target hits, law of destruction

Abstract

The article discribes combat effectiveness of aircraft automatic cannons and compares combat effectiveness of M61A1 rotary cannon with cannons being used on aircraft of the Czech Republic Armed Forces. Procedure and examples of probability calculation for aerial target destruction are presented for rapid fire weapons firing one burst. The procedure is shown for a step law and an exponential law of a target destruction and for a constant and a changing target hit probability. Basic characteristics for all the types of rapid-firing cannons, which are part of a standard armament of modern aircraft, are included in this paper.

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