In this article,the horizontal water-entry of flat-nose projectiles of two different lengths at impact velocities of 400 r/s-600 m/s is studied experimentally and theoretically.Based on the solution of the Rayleigh-Besant problem,a set of projectile dynamic equations are derived and a cavity model is built to describe the projectile’s water entry dynamics.A parameter in the cavity model is determined by employing the principle of energy conservation.The results indicate that the flat-nose projectiles enjoy a good stability of trajectory,the drag coefficient and the velocity decay coefficient are dependent on the cavitation number,and increase along the penetration distance but with a relatively small variation.The maximum cavity radius decreases monotonically with the penetration distance.Projectiles with the same nose shapes at different initial velocities have a basically consistent cavity dimension before the deep pinching off phenomenon occurs.Good agreements are observed between results obtained by the analytical model and the experimental results.