PERSHING TRANSPORTABILITY STUDY. CONUS RAILWAYS. VOLUME 2

Abstract

CONUS railcars were used in conducting railcar impact tests on three research and development containers: the Pershing missile guidance and control section container (XM 474) and the first and second stage motor containers (XM 475 and XM 476). Data from the tests were used to determine scientifically the imposed shocks on the containers and to evaluate the structural adequacy of the tiedown and restraint arrangements when subjected to CONUS railway environments contained in Department of the Army TB 55-100. The results of this study demonstrate that the arrangement recommended in USATEA Report 66-11, Volume III, AD-635 242, and shown in this report as Figures 1 and 2, satisfactorily withstood the test environments and provided greater structural integrity than the arrangement prescribed in the Savanna Army Depot drawing No. 5425, page 9. It is recommended that this system be adopted for CONUS and foreign railcar movements.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0635241

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