Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FOREWORD This handbook is one of a series of three comprising Elements of Armament Engineering and forms part of the Engineering Design Handbook Series of the Army Materiel Command. The three Parts of Elements of Armament Engineering were produced from text material prepared for use at the United States Military Academy. They are published as a part of the Handbook Series to make generally available the wealth of fundamental infor- mation contained in the text material, which is of value to those con- cerned with military design, particularly to new engineers and to contractors 1 personnel .
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