External Ballistics of Hunting, Sporting, Defense Arms and Ammunition

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	340-0369/01
Abbreviation	VneBLSOZ
Course title	External Ballistics of Hunting, Sporting, Defense Arms and Ammunition
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jan Komenda, CSc.

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.

Literature

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

Advised literature

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

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