Military FAQ Thread

[ramana]

A French paper on developing a 120mm rocket-assisted IM round.

https://imemg.org/wp-content/uploads/IM ... aper5A.pdf

Note the testing facilities.

[ramana]

Dupuy Institute study on Artillery Survivability in Modern War.

They studied the 1973 Arab-Israel war, Korea, and some WWII battles

http://www.dupuyinstitute.org/pdf/055.pdf

So doesn't deal with drones, precision strike fuzes, etc.
However, gives a baseline.

Appendix on a US Army Fire and EEffect in one WWII battle

http://www.dupuyinstitute.org/pdf/055a.pdf

a relevant statement to modern war is

It is evident from vulnerability testing of current Army self-propelled
weapons, that these weapons while offering much more protection to cannoneers,
and providinq tremendous advantages in mobility are much more vulnerable to
hostile action than are towed weapons, and that they are much more subject to
mechanical breakdowns involving either the weapons mountings or the propulsion
elements

[ramana]

US Naval War College Journal site:

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/

[ramana]

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/v ... nwc-review

US NWC Journal paper on future USN carrier.
The conclusion is 65K tonne CATOBAR with conventional power.

[ramana]

https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.co ... atgms.html

Long article on Soviet Era ATGMS and contemporary Western missiles.

Includes discussion on designs and payloads.

[ramana]

https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.co ... -guns.html
Soviet-era anti-tank guns.
Lots of details on guns, shells, and ammo and comparisons to the West.

[ramana]

The December 1943 issue of Popular Science. Note two years after Pearl Harbor.


LINK

[ramana]

A very good resource on Naval matters

http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/index_tech.php

[ramana]

Proximity Fuze history

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/l ... fuzes.html

[nachiket]

Proximity Fuze history

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/l ... fuzes.html

Short video on the importance of the development of the Proximity Fuze in WW2:

[ramana]

Group Captain Hari Nair's description of the ALH program and lessons learned.

https://www.livefistdefence.com/alh-dhr ... irst-hand/

Please read the pitfalls and triumphs of the ALH and how it segues into the HAL's helicopter designs

[ramana]

An Australian assessment of air power in Kosovo.

https://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-04.html

Lots of lessons on PGM usage and target cost-benefit analysis

[ramana]

Hypersonic Weapons

US Congress Report

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/weapons/R45811.pdf

and
Russia's Invincible Weapons

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... eapons.pdf

[ramana]

FAA Helicopter Flight Instructors Manual. A very good primer on helicopter overview.

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policie ... 8083-4.pdf

[ramana]

https://www.thedefencematrix.in/mig-21i ... of-service

[Bala Vignesh]

https://www.thedefencematrix.in/mig-21i ... of-service

Thanks, Ramana garu!! This was an interesting read!!

[ramana]

Development of the jet engine:

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4306/ch3.htm

[ramana]

German research drives jet engines:

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4306/ch4.htm

[Mollick.R]

Proximity Fuze history

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/l ... fuzes.html

Short video on the importance of the development of the Proximity Fuze in WW2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0SgC78YFPc

Saar, another one on same subject.
This one was released some 10 day ago by one of my favorite science/engineering YouTube channel. Please have look.

[ramana]

LCH Development and Requirments
https://www.key.aero/article/everything ... helicopter

[ramana]

Historic ASMs:


https://web.archive.org/web/20111211034 ... 08.html#m2

[ramana]

German Navy Torpedo crisis during WWII

The Norwegian Operation and the Torpedo Crisis

https://uboat.net/history/torpedo_crisis.htm

How second order effects dominate in war.

US Navy issues in the Pacific War

https://uboat.net/allies/technical/torpedo_problems.htm

[ramana]

French units in Algeria. The first modern counter-insurgency war.

https://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/en ... gerian-war

[ramana]

And French use of air force in counter-insurgency.

http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v3/v3n1/frcoin.html

[ramana]

US Army test and evaluation of French SS11 missiles from helicopters.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA030732.pdf

Very professional evaluation process.
Good to know for our keyboard warriors.

[ramana]

PNE Smiling Buddha:

https://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/ ... iling.html