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Airplane Vulnerability and Overall Armament Effectiveness (May 1947)

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). Accession Number: ADA800394 Ordnance Departament, Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground. MD. Memorandum Report No. 462: Airplane Vulnerability and Overall Armament Effectiveness PART I: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS. STATUS OF THE PROGRAM BASIS FOR ASSESSMENTS OF DAMAGE VULNERABILITY OF COMPONENTS PART II: VULNERABILITY OF COMPLETE AIRPLANES PROBABILITY THAT A HIT ON A P-47 FIGHTER CAUSES A KILL PROBABILITY THAT A HIT ON THE B-25 PRODUCES A KILL PROBABILITY THAT "n" HITS ON THE P-47 PRODUCES A KILL PROBABILITY THAT "n" HITS ON THE B-25 PRODUCES A KILL PART III: OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF WEAPON EFFECTIVENESS APPENDIX A: FIRINGS COMPLETED BETWEEN MAY 1946 AND 1 DECEMBER 1946 APPENDIX B: ILLUSTRATION OF ENGINES APPENDIX C: TABLES RELATING TO ENGINE DAMAGE APPENDEX D: ILLUSTRATIONS OF FUEL SYSTEMS APPENDIX E: TABLES RELATED TO-FUEL-CELL DAMAGE APPENDIX F: TABLES RELATED TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND PILOT INJURY. APPENDIX G: ILLUSTRATIONS OF STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS. APPENDIX H: CALCULATION OF RELATIVE PRESENTED AREAS APPENDIX J: COMMENTS ON THE LIMITATIONS OF ATTACKS ON BOMBERS BY FIXED GUN FIGHTERS APPENDIX K: EXTERIOR BALLISTICS OF ROU

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