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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Ivan N Kirschner, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Gary R Berlam, Warwick, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A test assembly for testing an underwater gun in a tank of liquid includes or disposition in the tank in the liquid, a mount for accepting and retaining the gun to be tested, a plurality of baffle plates, each having an aperture therethrough for alignment with a muzzle portion of the gun, a plurality of witness screens for alignment with the gun muzzle portion, a plurality of motion detection sensors for alignment with the apertures of the baffle plates, and a bullet receptacle for alignment with the gun muzzle portion for receiving a bullet fired from the gun. The invention further contemplates a method for testing underwater guns, utilizing the above assembly.