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Lethality of Future Small Arms Ammunition

DSIAC was tasked with determining and summarizing research being done with materials and/or design features to improve the lethality of future small arms ammunition. DSIAC performed searches within the Defense Technical Information Center Research and…

Nondestructive, Reusable Bullet Trap Systems

  The inquirer currently uses stacks of ceiling tiles to collect projectiles that have penetrated test articles and asked the Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) for an alternative that would allow the same fast projectile recovery…

Information on the 5.8- x 42-mm DBP10 Round

DSIAC was asked to find information on the Chinese 5.8- x 42-mm/DPB10 cartridge composition, lethality, armor penetration, proliferation of the round, ballistic test data, and comparisons of performance against the 5.56- x 45-mm and 7.62- x 39-mm…