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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-04-044918.txt : 20040920
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040920083301
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-04-044918
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040916
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20040920

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LYLES LESTER L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001267887

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03671
		FILM NUMBER:		041036709

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MTC TECHNOLOGIES INC
		STREET 2:		4032 LINDEN AVENUE
		CITY:			DAYTON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45432

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000040533
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SHIP & BOAT BUILDING & REPAIRING [3730]
		IRS NUMBER:				131673581
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042-4513
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7038763000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042-4513
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-09-16</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000040533</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001267887</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LYLES LESTER L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FALLS CHURCH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22042</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.00 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-09-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>51</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>97.44</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>516</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects stock received in lieu of director fees in accordance with outside directors' compensation program.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Reporting person also has 2,725 options, as previously reported.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tommy R. Augustsson, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-09-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24.4_55538
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
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<TEXT>
 	POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all persons by these presents, that
	Lester L. Lyles
whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Tommy R. Augustsson, Michelle S. DiCintio, Mark L. Haley, Margaret
N. House, John E. Lossing, and David A. Savner and each of them, as his/her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of
substitution and with authority to act alone, for him/her and in his/her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

	(1)	execute for
and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments and
supplements to those forms in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and
perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5
and any amendments and supplements to those forms and file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion,


granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
they or he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his/her or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.


	This Power of Attorney is continuing and shall remain in effect so long
as the undersigned is an officer or director of General Dynamics
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, unless the undersigned executes and
delivers to the Secretary of General Dynamics Corporation a written
revocation of this Power of Attorney.

	The undersigned acknowledges
that each foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.


Date: _December 3_, 2003			/s/	_Lester L.
Lyles_________________________________


							__________________________________
									Print Name


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