HISTORY REVISITED - BALLISTICS OF TAMPELLA 160 AND 300 MM MORTAR BOMBS

摘要

As a part of the 70th anniversary of mortar production in Finland, a review of the history of lesser known Tampella 160 mm and 300 mortars and their ammunition was carried out. As a part of this review, internal, external and terminal ballistics of some projectiles of interest was analyzed using modern projectile analysis software like FNGUN, PDS and SPLIT-X. The results of the analyses were compared to test data from the archives of Tampella and Finnish Defence Forces whenever such data was available.