MIL-STD-662 Revision F:1997

1 SCOPE
      1.1 Purpose
      1.2 Application
      1.3 Limitations
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
      2.1 General
      2.2 Government documents
             2.2.1 Specifications, standards, and handbooks
             2.2.2 Other Government documents, drawings and
                      publications
      2.3 Order of precedence
3 DEFINITIONS
      3.1 Applique armor
      3.2 Areal density
      3.3 Armor
      3.4 Ballistic acceptance test
      3.5 Ballistic coefficient
      3.6 Ballistic impact
      3.7 Ballistic limit
      3.8 Ballistic limit, protection criteria (V50BL(P))
      3.9 Ballistic resistance
      3.10 Ceramic composite armor
      3.11 Chronograph
      3.12 Composite armor
      3.13 Fair hits (for ceramic composite armor)
      3.14 Fair impact
      3.15 Fragment simulator
      3.16 Initial velocity
      3.17 Integral armor
      3.18 Lumiline screen
      3.19 Muzzle velocity
      3.20 Obliquity
      3.21 Obliquity angle
      3.22 Overmatch
      3.23 Parasitic armor
      3.24 Penetration, complete (CP)
      3.25 Penetration, partial (PP)
      3.26 Petalling
      3.27 Projectile, fragment simulating
      3.28 Propellant
      3.29 Punching
      3.30 Sabot
      3.31 Small arms
      3.32 Small arms ammunition
      3.33 Spaced armor
      3.34 Spalling
      3.35 Striking velocity
      3.36 Target base line
      3.37 Terminal ballistics
      3.38 Test sample
      3.39 Undermatch
      3.40 V50 ballistic limit
      3.41 Witness plate
      3.42 Yaw
4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
      4.1 Projectile
      4.2 Weapon
      4.3 Velocity measuring equipment
             4.3.1 Chronograph
             4.3.2 Detectors
             4.3.3 Radar
      4.4 Propellant
      4.5 Test sample mount
      4.6 Test sample
5 DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
      5.1 Test conditions
      5.2 Equipment setup
             5.2.1 Triggering devices
             5.2.2 Witness plate
      5.3 Ballistic test procedure
             5.3.1 Warm-up for constant velocity
             5.3.2 Yaw
             5.3.3 First firing
             5.3.4 Examination of witness plate
             5.3.5 Subsequent firings
      5.4 Calculation of the V50BL(P) ballistic limit
      5.5 Computation of striking velocity
      5.6 Ballistic test report
      5.7 Acceptance and rejection
      5.8 Test samples ownership
      5.9 Retests
      5.10 Security classification of armor
6 NOTES
      6.1 Intended Use
      6.2 Subject term (key word) listing
      6.3 Changes from previous issue
Table 1 - Projectile velocities (feet/second)
      CONCLUDING MATERIAL

Covers guidelines for equipment, procedures, physical conditions, and terminology for determining the ballistic resistance of metallic, non-metallic and composite armor against small arms projectiles.