COMPUTATIONS IN PRESENT-DAY ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF SHOOTING DOWN AIRCRAFT BY HEAVY A A ARTILLERY (FLAK)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100040047-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 29
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: June 7, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Six pro~eote, established betr~een November 19~ ar~d January 19~~~ deal
with tie Probability of bringing doru~ sircraft ~by heavy anti-aircraft guns and,
oApeoially, with a oamparison betty??r~ t~~e ohells with time ffu~sas and shells
with p?rousaion fuzes.
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Tl~e first~e~aluatea ?xpvnditure of ammunition versus nua~b?r of aircraft
shot down. It cQVer4 the firinE of 700,000 rounds and r~pre?ents tl~e actual
probability of shooting dorm of aircraft with ~lE-s~elle ?~gippod with time ~"
fuzes, the only type of ammunition used eo far.
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The remaining works oona~;der~~~~qualitatively~ quantf tativly the probability
of shooting down aircraft with time shells (w:tth time fv:zea) and p?rcusaion
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shells (ith peroussion fuzos)~ 'this data is not neoessarily mathematically
exact. Aa distinguished from past detailed caloulationa, they are designed
'to be understood by laymen.
treated in detail by llr. Vosa~
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Y. Evaluation of statistical data on ammunition expenditure and number
of aircraft shot down by heavy anti-aircraft artileery~
Il. investigation of the advantages in artillery tactics by concentrating
the fire of heavy anti-a3.roraft artillery on one target.
xrx~ Probability of hits by heavy anti-aircraft artillery in fixing
on formations
1V. Summary of the reasons for the superiority of Firing percussion
shells over time shells by heavy ants-a~,rcraft art3~l~.ery.
1'hv report dove not deal with incendiary fragmentation shells, a topio
CON~l1TnTIONa IN P~B~NT-SAY ACT~lAL PROBL~Ma OF~OOTTNG DOWN
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 tho firs of ~hella with perou~sion fu~e~ noaeo~i~e~te
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ohange of AA firin6 t~-a~ios3
ffoat of the orrore in re~nge m?~eurom?nt end o~libration
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upon the firing of ahell~ with perou~~ion fu~e~~
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Rey?aroh Depe~rtment of the Air Ministry aijd C ~i.C ~ Air Force
Prof ~ Dr ~ Era~u~bsk~ Goettingen, l0 ~I~roh 1915
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3rd AAA
Div. (Group
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Div. 51, 500 26, 000
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6. When th? tabulation is limitod to artillor Y activity during largo
ogle daylight rtide, the r@ault is as follows
Unit Numb?r oi' rounds a/c shot down
8.3 cm 10.5 om {, Number of rounds
12.8 om total per a/o shot down
8,0001 85,0o
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11 inol (
barrage8) 55,000 25,000 6,000 86,000
Total , a~ .' : L ~
none 112 . goo ! 12 n70
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