Cannon and automatic weapons

Author: Ma Fúqiú
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Firearms and Automatic Weapons provides an overview of the development and current status of this field in the 20th century in terms of design theory, design methods, testing technology, special processes, and materials. It particularly highlights the contributions of China's scientific and technological workers to the discipline's development since the founding of the People's Republic of China and their current level. It covers both theoretical issues and more practical engineering problems. The main content includes the overall design of weapon systems, interior ballistics, the principles of automatic weapons and rate-of-fire control, mechanical issues of firearms and automatic weapons, testing technology, gun steel and barrel billets, deep-hole and bore-machining, development trends, and expectations. It is suitable for researchers, educators, and administrators in this field, as well as serving as a reference book for teaching in relevant disciplines at universities.