Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com PREFACE The Engineering Design Handbook Series of the Army Materiel Command is a coordinated series of handbooks containing basic in- formation and fundamental data useful in the design and develop- ment of Army materiel and systems. The handbooks are authorita- tive reference books of practical information and quantitative Sfacts helpful in the design and development of Army materiel so that it will meet the tactical and the technical needs of the Armed Forces. This handbook is the fifth of six handbooks on artillery ammunition and forms a part of the Engineering Design Handbook Series of the Army Materiel Command.
Information concerning the other handbooks on artillery ammunition, together with the Table of Contents, Glossary and Index, will be found in AMCP 706-244, Section 1, Artillery Amnunition--General. The material for this series was prepared by the Technical Writing Service of the McGraw-Hill Book Co., based on technical information and data furnished principally by Picatinny Arsenal. Final preparation for publication was accomplished by the Engi- neering Handbook Office of Duke University, Prime Contractor to Sthe Army Research Offlce-Durham for the Engineering Design Hand- book Series. SElements of the U. S.
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