Machines. Technologies. Materials.
Vol. 13 (2019), Issue 3, pg(s) 124-126

Damage functions evaluation coherent to weapon target interaction

  • 1 “Artillery, air defense and CIS” Faculty – “Vasil Levski” National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Republic of Bulgaria

Abstract

The interaction between weapon and target is through the “damage function” which is defined to be the probability that the target is killed by a weapon, damage function analysis is major factor in evaluating weapon effectiveness.

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