Abstract：The steel for the gun barrel determines the performance of the bodyworn weapon and affects the operational sustainability and maneuverability of the artillery. By summarizing and analyzing the steel alloy composition system, manufacturing process and main material performance indexes of gun barrels at home and abroad. Point out the current major brands and performance levels of gun steel at home and abroad and the problem of insufficient high temperature performance. By investigating the latest research results of artillery steel at home and abroad and the overall technical requirements of bodybuilding weapons, the research status and development trend of steel for gun barrels are summarized and forecasted. For the development of largecaliber artillery guns high strength steel in order to reduce the wall thickness and weight. For the medium and small caliber fastfire guns, the ablation performance of the gun steel is developed to improve the service life.
张楠，吕超然，徐乐. 火炮身管用钢现状及发展趋势[J]. 中国冶金, 2019, 29(5): 6-9.
ZHANG Nan，L Chaoran，XU Le. Current status and development trend of gun barrel steel[J]. China Metallurgy, 2019, 29(5): 6-9.
2019, Vol. 29 
