THE INFLUENCE OF BODY ARMOR COVERAGE AND WEIGHT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MARINE WHILE PERFORMING CERTAIN SIMULATED COMBAT-TYPE TASKS

Abstract

In two recent field studies to determine the effects on performance of the user when wearing different designs and weights of body armor, it was determined that the wearing of body armor did affect the wearer's performance. However, it was not possible to determine if the effect on performance was due to the difference in design or the difference in weight of the body armor. The study was planned to separate the weight and design effects by using only two designs and three weights in each design. Each of the six configurations was by groups of twenty Marines. Thus, the study involved seven groups of twenty Marines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0424166

Entities

People

  • G. H. Malone
  • H. R. Henn
  • L. G. Derrick

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Area Coverage
  • Armor
  • Body Armor
  • Casualties
  • Clothing
  • Data Science
  • Emplacement
  • Experimental Design
  • Field Conditions
  • Grenades
  • Hand Grenades
  • Hospitals
  • Information Science
  • Navy
  • North Carolina
  • Warfare

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  • Materials Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.