The Generalized Outcome of a Class of Machine-Gun Duels

G. F. Gompf

ResearchPublished 1952

An attempt to determine the outcome of a duel between a machine-gun-defended bomber and a machine-gun-armed fighter after the fighter has succeeded in locating the bomber and has initiated a firing pass. One criterion — the maximum bomber kill obtainable by the fighter when the fighter consistently employs the same preferred opening-fire range against the bomber's best choice of a defensive — is selected for resolving the conflict of objectives.

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  • Year: 1952
  • Pages: 81
  • Document Number: RM-863

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Gompf, G. F., The Generalized Outcome of a Class of Machine-Gun Duels. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1952. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM863.html.
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