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Direct ire ontrol with the Ranging Machine Gun:
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ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT
A.R.D.E. REPORT ( B) 7/61
Direct f i re cont ro l with the Rang ing Machine G - u n :
an analysis of the errors involved
R. Beresf ord (B5)
Summary
An ana lys i s is made of the errors affec t ing the use of the Ranging
Machine Gu n (RM ) system of direct f i re control and an examina t ion o f theireffec t on the chance of hit of the 10 5 mm. tank gun car r ied out.
I t is concluded that when used with the APDS pro jec t i l e the R M G - and
co inc idence range-f inder do not offe r much advantage one over the other hutboth show an increase of 20 - J > per cent in f i r s t round chance of hi t
compared wi th that given by visual range-f inding. t is also shown that
with the HESH project i le , the R MJ provides considerable improvement in
f i r s t round chance of hi t over v i sua l range-f inding, an d gives a general
increase of about 20 per cent over that obta ined us ing a coincidence range-f inder.
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N F I I A w CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION OP METHOD
APDS
HESH
ERRORS ARISING FROM THE TECHNIQUES
APDS
HESH
FIRST ROUND CHANCE OF HIT V / I T H THE 10 5 MM.
TANK GU N UNDER QUASI-BATTLS CONDITIONS
APDS
HESH
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX
Summary f rror ources for he Browning R M G nd he 105 m. ank un; Line nd Elevation
Figs. 1 to 0
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INTRODUCTION
1 . he Ranging Machine Gu n (RMS) f i re control sys tem is being developed
f o r use in the up-gunned Centur ion tank (105 mm. APDS and HESH) and the new
medium tank Chief ta in (120 mm . APDS and HESH) . n order that the effec t of
changes in gun and pro jec t i l e parameters on chance of hit may be explored ,
and that the sys tem m ay be compared wi th other f i re cont ro l systems, an
ana lys i s of the er rors involved ha s been carr ied out and their effec t on the
per formance of the 10 5 mm. tank gu n examined*
DESCRIPTION OF METHOD
2. he development of f i re control with the HM ha s been descr ibed ear l ie r
v * J \4 J \J ana the var ious techniques discussed at length. as ica l lythe method consists of f i r ing a sub-cal ibre gun (usua l ly a 0 . 5 in . machine
gun) at increasing e leva t ions unti l s t r ikes ar e observed on the target or thetarget is bracket ted, in fe r r ing the target range f rom the bal l i s t i cs of the
sub-cal ibre round, and f i r i ng the main armament using the in format ion
obtained. s the development ha s p roceeded , cer ta in var ia t ions i n the t e ch -niques have emerged as giving the opt imum resu l t s with the main armament
envisaged an d i t is wi th these preferred techniques rather than the his tor ica ldevelopments that this repor t is concerned . The proposed methods ar e now
descr ibed in detai l under th e heading of the relevant main armament pro jec t i l e ,
APDS
3 . wing to the f lat t rajectory of th i s high veloc i ty pro jec t i l e it has beefound unnecessary to know the prec i se range to target in order to obtain a
high chance
of hit.
ange
er rors
of
as much as
150 yards
can be
tolerated
without se r ious degrada t ion in hi t probabi l i ty. onsequent ly it is possible
to simplify the ranging wi th the sub-cal ibre round>*' because it is suff icientto know that the target l ies with in a cer ta in range band.
4. r ief ly, a bal l i s t i c gra t icu le in th e sight is used to f i re the raachine-gun at var ious e leva t ions specif ied by range marks (Figure 1) which wi l l be
numbered 1^ - for convenience. ur s t s of three shots ar e f i red in order us ingthese marks which correspond, say, to ranges ( 1) 980 , ( 2 ) 1350 , (3) 1650,
( 4 ) 1860 yards. f the burs t s up to mark 3 ar e short of the target and that
us ing mark 4 is over, then, subject to an er ror which is dependent on the
machine-gun dispers ion it is es tab l i shed that the target l i e s within the
range band 1650-1860 yards. o make use of this information another bal l is t icgrat icule for the APDS round is inc luded in the sight consist ing of a
fur ther f ive dots corresponding to ranges which l ie ei ther at th e midpoin ts
of the machine-gun range bands or at some pos i t ion weighted to give the
best performance, say (1) 800 , (2) 1200, (3) 1525 , (4 ) 1785 and (5) 1975 yardHence, in the example considered here, if a p lus wi th mark 4 for the RMS indicated that the target lay between 1650 and 1860 yards, then th e f i r i ng ofthe APDS round us ing i ts own dot 4 would be accompanied by an er ror in
range of less than 75 yards at one end of the band and less than 13 5 yards
at the other.
5 . o summarise the procedure , the gunner f i res f ou r successive burs t s withthe HMC us ing the specif ied grat icule dots , assoc ia tes the par t icu lar dot
which f i r s t gives an over-burst wi th th e appropriate APDS dot, and f i r e s the
main rm ment f al l the b rs t s ar e h t it is ass med th t th e t rget
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main armament then the t r a jec tor ies of the two rounds , raaohine-gun an d HESH
can b e matched effec t ive ly over mos t of the f igh t ing range to within narrow
l imits .
7 . s th e t rajectory of the HESH round is cons iderab ly less f la t than that
of the APDS round, the ranging technique must be re f ined to give more accurate
information. n pract ice a compromise between speed into act ion an d accuracy
is made in the fo l lowing manner.
8. he gunner lays R M G marks 1 -4 on the target an d f i res the usua l R M G b u r s t of three shots with each mark. hen the f i r s t p lus is observed, he
lays the next grat icule mark down (F igure 1) 10 0 yards less in range and
f i r s t again. f this bu r s t is stil l over th e target the next grat icule
mark 10 0 yards less is employed. f any of these burs t s hi t short of the
target , or the str ikes ar e st i l l over when us ing the 10 0 yard mark neares t
to the numbered dot which gave the last minus, then the range to target i s
known to with in 10 0 yards with in the l imi t s o f th e R MG dispersion. he
gunner
then lays
on the
target us ing a grat icule pos i t ion half-way between
the two 10 0 yard marks which gave under-or over-burs t s respec t ive ly, and
f i res the main armament. he same bal l i s t i c grat icule is used for al l these
operat ions. a tura l ly if a central hi t wit the R IG i s obtained us ing one
of the 100 yard gra t icu le marks, then that mark wil l be u sed to f i r e the
main armament .
ERRORSARISING P R O M THE TECHNIQUES
APDS
9. he er rors resu l t ing f r o m th e combina t ion of the mul t i -burs t technique
with th e high ve loc i ty APDS pro jec t i l e ar e two in number. i r s t ly, there is a direct error in range aris ing f rom the use of a part icular main armament
grat icule dot cover ing a range band instead of the t rue range. or example,
if the t rue range to th e target is 1270 yards, the R M G - would indicate that
the 1200 yard APDS grat icule dot should be u sed resu l t ing in a range er ror of
70 yards. he er ror is zero at the ranges corresponding to the APDS dots
and r ises to a maximum at poin ts between them an d dependent on their locat ion.
This error ha s the effect of a permanent bias an d is always presen t in the
weapon systems considered.
10 . he second source of er ror is an occasional on e an d i s the poss ib i l i ty
of taking a di ffe ren t APDS grat icule dot f r o m the on e prope r ly cor responding
to the range band concerned. t is purely a func t ion of the overa l l d i sper-
sion of the RMG and can only occur at certain ranges near to those correspon-
ding to the R M 3 - grat icule dots an d then only on a small percentage of
occasions.
11 . here are four ways in which this error can mani fes t i tself ( s e e
diagram below)
APDS
D OT
RM G
RANGING AR K
o
R M G STRIKE ISPERSION
APDS
DOT
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First ly, if the ta rget is at posi t ion A, which can be anywhere between th e
mark range and th e le f t -hand side of the strike dis t r ibut ion , there is a
f in i te probabil i ty, dependent on the RMG dispersion, tha t al l three shots
in the burs t wil l f a l l short of the target range. h e n th is occurs, the
gunner, having f i r e d the RMG on the next mark t i p and obta ined a plus , wil l
se lec t APDS dot 4 w h e n he should have taken dot 3 *
12* econdly, if the ta rget is at posi t ion B, which may be anywhere be tween
the RMS mark range and the r ight-hand end of the distr ibution, t he re is a
poss ib i l i ty that all t h ree shots in the RMG burs t wi l l f a l l past the ta rget ,
in which case th e gunner wil l choose APDS dot 2 when dot 3 should have b e e n
taken.
13 * h i rd ly and four th ly, there are the occasions when the RMG burs t
s t raddles the target and a hit is obtained. f the target i s at pos i t ion
B, (anywhere on the r ight -hand side of the dis t r ibut ion) , th is wil l resul t
in , say, A P D S dot 3 be ing used ins tead of dot 4 , the correct one. he two
occasions
on which th is may occur are:
(a) ne str ike over and two under, nd
(b) wo s t r ikes over and one under*
The resul t ing probabi l i ty dis t r ibut ions , based on a range dispers ion o f 7
yards S.D. , the current es t imate of the 0. 3 in* Browning Machine Gu n per fo r-
mance, are shown in Figure 2 *
HESH
14* T he fire ontrol errors which affect he E S H projectile when directed
by he M G are hree n umber. T he first s possibility of aking different dot o he ne ntended by he echniques, imilar ype f error
to hat ffecting he P D S - R M G ombination.
15* T he remaining w o are a) range error arising rom he use f discrete
range ands as n he P D S ase nd b) he rror arising rom he horizontal
difference n matching etween he E S H nd R M G projectiles. These rrors
may e ppreciated n he ollowing diagram*
STRIKE F M G W H E N SE T ON INDICATED ESH RATICULE DOT
1 0
I 2 3
| X — I ——RANGE
I000 M O O 200 300 I400
CORRECT HESH RANGE YDS)
16. he d i ffe rence be tween the RMG point of strike and th e t rue HESH range
represents the hor izonta l mismatch be tween the t ra jec tor ies of the two projec-
t i les*
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18 . f the target is at pos i t ion B at a t rue range of 1130 yards, the gunner
wil l st i l l f i re with a point on the HESH gra t icu le cor responding to 1050 yards
range; he resu l t ing range er ror of 30 yards wil l cor respondingly lower the
probabi l i ty of hit. hen the target is at pos i t ion C at a range o f 1120
yards, however, a straddle is observed with R M G marks 1 1 and 12 and a range
of 1150 yards is applied with a range error of 30 yards. hi s change in range
er ror resu l t s in an increase in chance of hi t at this range over that at
point B, al though the range is greater.
FIRST ROUND CHANCE OP HIT WITH THE 10 5 MM. TAN K GUN
UNDER QUASI-BATTIE CONDITIONS
19 . i r s t round chances of hi t against a 7 f t . 6 in . square target f o r the
APDS and HESH project i les f i r e d under quasi-bat t ie condit ions have been
calculated us ing genera l ly agreed Tripart i te methods(6) (7) . hree types of
range es t imat ion are considered, the Rang ing Machine Gun, the coinc idence
range f inder, an d visua l est imation. n addit ion, the chande of hi t with
zero range error is given fo r compar i son purposes .
2 20. or th e coincidence range- f inder a standard devia t ion of 15 R ards
(where R is in thousands of yards) has been used, th e order of accuracy to
be expected f r o m the type of ins t rument which might be accommodated in AFV' s ,
and a standard devia t ion of 30 of the range used for the e r ro r r esu l t ing
f rom visual range f inding. he character is t ics of the projec t i les cons idered
here ar e shown i n Table 1 below, and the component error values used i n the
chance o f hi t calculat ions l is ted i n the Appendix*
Table I
0.5 nch Ranging Machine Gun
105 m . ank Gun
Projectile Incendiary Tracer APDS HESH
M.V. f/s) 3 6 4300 2300 2400
C o 0«38 1940) 1.86 1940) 1.375 1910)
APDS
21. he chance of hi t calculat ions with this project i le ar e summar ised in
Figure 3 . n the R M G values it wil l be seen that the chance of hi t does
not decrease regular ly wi th range bu t var ies f rom maxima co inc iden t with the
curve of zero range error, to min ima at several poin ts on the range scale.
Thi s osci l lat ion is a character is t ic of the raul tHaurst technique of
ranging, where a spec i f ic range is used to f i re regard less of where the target
is i n th e part icular range band. hus , i n the example considered, the
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22* o allowance has been made f or a t runnion t i l t correction with t hese
results . method is under development , however, wh ich provides cer ta in
compensations. ssent ia l ly, if the tilt is grea te r t han 5° at ranges grea te r
than 1500 yards (or f or APDS dots 4 and 5 ) t hen the gunner correc ts b y
aiming at the edge o f the target appropriate to the direc t ion of tilt . he
resul t of this allowance of ha l f - a - t a rge t is to improve the f i r s t round
chance of h it at the longer ranges ,e .g . wi th a t i l t of 10° he f i r s t round
chance of h it at 2000 yards wi th APDS is increased f r o m 15/6 (uncorrec ted)
to 45^6 (corrected).
HESH
23 . he chances of hit resul t ing f r o m the application of the pr inciples
d i scussed ear l ie r are shown in Figures 4 and 5. wo veloci t ies are considered
f o r the HESH projec t i le , 2 4 0 0 and 2 3 0 0 f / s . n v iew of a possible e f f e c t of
bar re l wear on the muzzle velocit ies of the two guns, two stages in gun l i fe
have been considered (a ) both new, and (b ) both par t -warn , f or which the
conventional per iod to the end of the f i r s t quar ter of gun l i f e ( )was taken*
24 . ni t ia l ly, curves of chance of h i t with zero ranging errors were
constructed f or both velocit ies and both stages in gun l i f e (Figures 6 and
7 are given as examples) and the e f f e c t of var ia t ion in range error as a
permanent b ias included. r om these graphs the chance of hit w i t h any
sensible combination of weapon veloci t ies and bias angle could be infer red .
Next , the mismatch imposed b y the ba l l i s t ics of the HESH and RMJ project i les
was examined and, assuming that zeroing would be carr ied ou t at 1 2 0 0 yards ,
the values of range error be tween the points of str ike of the two rounds
obta ined at all ranges (Figs. 8 and 9 ). r om t h i s informat ion Figure 10,
which shows the f a l l of shot of the RMJ w h e n
f i r ed
wi th the HESH
gra t icule ,
was constructed. h u s the range error at each target range could be asce r-
ta ined and t ransferred back to the appropr ia te curve in Figures 6 and 7 and
and the chance of h it obtained f or tha t range. e re again, th e osci l la t ion
wi th range of the chance of hi t va lues is apparent but wi th higher f r equency
than tha t in the A P D S case owing to the smaller range in tervals used.
Depar tu res f r o m t he r egu la r r ise and f a l l of the chance of hit va lues occur
at 1 2 0 0 and 1 7 0 0 yards in the 2 3 0 0 f / s oase and at 1 2 0 0 and 1 4 5 0 yards in the
2 4 0 0 f / s case and, with both veloci t ies , at about 1 9 0 0 yards. e fe rence to
Figure 1 0 shows that these d ivergences occur when the HESH and RMS shots f a l l
ei ther at the same range or at ranges which are mult ip les of 50 ya rds apart*
When t hese coincidences occur, the regular increase and decrease of range
error is al tered and the corresponding chance of h i t values do not fo l low the r egu la r pattern*
25. l l the chances of hit were calcula ted on the assumpt ion that the gunner,
i n add i t ion to in terpre t ing th e range informat ion given b y the RIG, would note
the e r ro r in line caused b y crosswind, t i l t and other error sources, and
sui tably correc t the lay of the main armament.
26 . t is in teres t ing to note f r o m Figures 4 and 5 that the genera l f f e c t
of gun wear on chance of hit is small with the veloci t ies considered. t
appears f r o m th is that if due regard is given to the choice of velocit ies in
a sys tem whose performance is cr i t ica l ly dependent on i ts weapon charac ter is -
tics, t hen the deter iora t ion in chance o f hit as these charac ter is t ics change might be controlled.
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of th is region in th e range band can be adjusted b y changing the biasangle be tween the two weapons; n the case considered, performance at the
longer ranges has b e e n sacr i f iced to obtain increased chance of hi t at the
middle and lower ranges .
CONCLUSIONS
28. t is shown i n th e foregoing repor t that of the three types of f i r e
control considered f or use wi th the 1 05 mm* AEDS projecti le, the R M 2 - and
coincidence range f inder do not o f f e r much advantage one over the other, but
both show a substantial increase of 20 - 3O/0 in f i r s t round chance of h i t
over that given b y v i sua l range-f inding.
29 . s f ar as the HESH projecti le is concerned, the B MG provides considerable
improvement in f i r s t round chance of h it over visual range-binding (an
increase of 70 at 1000 yards and 20 at 2000 yards) and gives a genera l
increase of about 20 / o over that obta ined us ing a coincidence range-f inder.
n except ion to this can occur at the longer ranges where the chance of h it of the system using the EMC can f a l l to as much as 5/ 0 be low that with the
range-f inder. h i s occasional deter iora t ion is unavoidable w h e n the present
sys tem is designed to give maximum performance at m e d i u m ranges and could
only be overcome b y inc luding an ex t ra gra t icule in th e sight, a compl ica t ion
which would de t rac t f r o m a system whose simplici ty is one of i t s major
advantages.
3 0. t appears f rom the s tudy of the e f f e c t of gun wear tha t in the case
considered both weapons can deter iora te in such a way tha t the chance of h i t
of the sys tem is unaffec ted . owever, it is also poss ib le that barre l wear
could resul t in a serious degradat ion in chance of h i t at la ter stages in the
system l i fe; his should be borne in mind in any development of systems which
depend f or the i r e ffec t on the control of one weapon by another.
ACH«OWI£DGEMENTS
The generous he lp and co-opera t ion given b y the fo l lowing is grateful ly
acknowledged: r . John Wieland and Major M. Hogge of the Research Wing,
FVRDE, Mr . L. R. Poole and Mr . P. Denbigh of th e RSAF, Enf ie ld ,
Major W. H. Pa i rba i rn and Capta in W. Woodehouse of the Equipment Wing, the
RA C Centre .
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(5 ) .V.R .D.E .
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(6 ) .R .D .E . Repor t
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A f i re-control scheme f or the ne w medium
tank (F.V. i^Ol ) .
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