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Abstract. The current interest in mounting large calibre guns in light-weight
vehicles has forced designers to re-examine conventional gun-mounting practice. It
has been commonly accepted that stabilising an out-of-balance gun on
a moving platform is very difficult, or impossible, to achieve.
Using a simple Main Battle Tank (MBT) elevation model, a
theoretical investigation is undertaken into the effect of not having
the trunnion axis aligned with the centre of gravity of
the elevating mass. The effect of varying amounts of out-of-balance
on the angular motion of the gun and power requirements
are examined and the improvements using main battle tank hull
motion disturbance feedforward are investigated.
Related topics:
main battle tank, tank gun, firepower and protection
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