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Weaponeering for the Warfighter

 

 

 

 The latest textbook to be publisher (September 2021) is titled "Weaponeering

 for the Warfighter" and presents the full breadth of the subject of with a more

 limited mathematical depth than the previous books described below.

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Chapter 1    Overview of Weaponeering and Weapon Effectiveness 

Chapter 2    Introduction to Statistical Methods                                      

Chapter 3    Weapon Trajectory                                                                        

Chapter 4    Delivery Accuracy: Overview                                                 

Chapter 5    Accuracy of GPS/INS Guided Munitions                          

Chapter 6    Introduction to Vulnerability and Effectiveness       

Chapter 7    Vulnerability Assessment: Implementation                  

Chapter 8    Effectiveness Assessment: Implementation                   

Chapter 9    Calculating Damage Probabilities

Chapter 10     Single Weapons Directed Against an Area of Targets                                                                                            

Chapter 11     Sticks, Volleys and Cluster Munitions  

Chapter 12     Bridges, Linear Targets, Effective Miss Distances and Tunnels

Chapter 13     Ground Penetration and Cratering                                                    

Chapter 14      Air Blast

Chapter 15     Above Ground Buildings and Bunkers 

Chapter 16     Collateral Damage Estimation

Chapter 17     Computer Implementation of Weaponeering Methods

Chapter 18     Applications and Case Studies

 

 Third Edition: Inroduction and Advanced Weaponeering

 

Volume  1:  Weaponeering: An Introduction

Chapter 1    Overview of Weaponeering and Weapon Effectiveness 

Chapter 2    Introduction to Statistical Methods                                      

Chapter 3    Weapon Trajectory                                                                        

Chapter 4    Delivery Accuracy: Overview                                                 

Chapter 5    Accuracy of GPS/INS Guided Munitions                          

Chapter 6    Introduction to Vulnerability and Effectiveness       

Chapter 7    Vulnerability Assessment: Implementation                  

Chapter 8    Effectiveness Assessment: Implementation                   

Chapter 9    Calculating Damage Probabilities: Monte Carlo Methods

Chapter 10     Calculating Damage Probability: Deterministic Methods                                                           

Chapter 11     Single Weapons Directed Against an Area of Targets                                                                                            

Chapter 12     Stick Deliveries   

Chapter 13     Cluster Munitions                                                      

Chapter 14      Projectiles

Chapter 15     Weaponeering for Specific Targets using Effectiveness Indices 

Chapter 16     Surface-to-Surface Weaponeering: Indirect Fire

Chapter  17     Direct Fire: Infantry, Vehicles, and Small Boats

Chapter 18     Computer Implementation of Weaponeering Methods

Volume  2:  Advanced Weaponeering

Chapter 1    Historical Review of Weapon Effects Methods  

Chapter 2    Advanced Trajectory Methods   

Chapter 3    Delivery Accuracy

Chapter 4    Accuracy of Air-Launched Unguided Weapons 

Chapter 5    Accuracy of Surface-Launched Unguided Munitions   

Chapter 6    Aimpoint Optimization for Multiple Weapon Attacks  

Chapter 7    Nonhomogeneous Targets

Chapter 8    Cratering

Chapter 9    Ground Penetration

Chapter 10    Moving Targets

Chapter 11    Air Blast

Chapter 12    Tunnels

Chapter   13    Personnel Injury

Chapter 14    Aboveground Buildings and Bunkers

Chapter 15    Bridge Targets

Chapter 16    Mines

Chapter 17    Collateral Damage Estimation

Chapter 18    Ray Tracing Effectiveness Methodologies

Chapter 19    Anti–Air Weapon Effectiveness

Chapter 20    Target Acquisition