| NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 6 GUN BARRELS AND INTERIOR BALLISTICS |
| HOME INDEX Chapter 6 Gun Barrels and Interior Ballistics A. Introduction B. Elements of gun design and maintenance C. Interior ballistics D. Erosion E. New developments in gun design |
| A. Introduction 6A1. Scope of this chapter The preceding chapter has already defined a gun as a tube designed to discharge a projectile at high velocity by the gas pressure produced by a propellant in the tube. Commonly, the term gun applies to the entire assembly of which the barrel is but one part. In this chapter, gun, tube, or barrel designates the gun tube only, and not the remainder of the gun assembly, which includes, in addition, the mount and other parts described in the preceding chapter. This chapter is concerned with gun barrel construction and maintenance, and with interior ballistics— what happens inside the gun when it is fired. |