Comparison of balance and out of balance main battle tank armaments

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Purdy, David J.

Affiliations: Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham Swindon England, SN6 8LA

Abstract: It has been commonly thought that stabilising an out of balance gun on a moving platform (tank or ship) is very difficult or impossible to achieve. Using models of a balanced and out of balance gun on a main battle tank this is shown not to be the case. The models of the guns used, include the effect of non-linear friction and out of balance. To improve the stabilisation of the out of balance gun, trunnion vertical acceleration feedforward is used.

Journal: Shock and Vibration, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 167-174, 2001