340-0369/01 – External Ballistics of Hunting, Sporting, Defense Arms and Ammunition (VneBLSOZ)

Gurantor department	Department of Machine and Industrial Design	Credits	5
Subject guarantor	doc. Ing. Jan Komenda, CSc.	Subject version guarantor	doc. Ing. Jan Komenda, CSc.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory type A
Year	3	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2017/2018	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	FS	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
KOM13	doc. Ing. Jan Komenda, CSc.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Part-time	Credit and Examination	14+4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Obtaining theoretical knowledge of external ballistics for hunting, sport, defensive weapons and ammunition.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

The course deals with the movement of missiles in the atmosphere, the firing system error, measurements in external ballistics theory and small-arms fire. Concepts: Trajectory, range, shooting accuracy, speed projectiles scattering paths missiles, missile flight stabilization, shooting elements.

Compulsory literature:

McCoy R. Modern Exterior Ballistics. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1999.

Recommended literature:

Farrar, C. L. Military Ballistics. Oxford: Brassey´s Publishers Limited, 1993.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Tests and semestral project. Written and oral exam.

E-learning

Other requirements

There are no additional requirements for the student.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Introduction, basic concepts. The atmosphere in the external ballistics. Model missiles in contrary motion environment. Calculation of the trajectory. Stabilization of missiles. Shooting System Error (systematic and random errors shot). Measurements in external ballistics (velocity of the bullet trajectory and dispersion). Theory of small-arms fire. Transition ballistics.

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2017/2018 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination	Credit and Examination	100 (100)	51
Credit	Credit	30	15
Examination	Examination	70	21	3

Mandatory attendence participation: 70%

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2019/2020	(B0715A270011) Engineering	(S04) Machine Design	LS1	K	Czech	Uherský Brod	3	Choice-compulsory type A	study plan

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