Ballistic Performance of Titanium Alloys: Ti-6Al-4V Versus Russian Titanium

摘要

A Ti-6A1-4V baseline plate and a Russian titanium alloy plates were ballistically tested against .30-cal armor-piercing (AP) M2 rounds. The V(50) ballistic limit of each plate was determined and compared to the MIL-DTL-46077F V(50) ballistic acceptance chart for Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Based on these results, no clear ballistic performance advantage would be achieved by using the Russian titanium alloy against 0.30-cal AP M2 threats.