THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMBAT RELATED MEASURES FOR SMALL ARMS EVALUATION

Abstract

The United States Army Infantry Board is currently conducting a 5- year Infantry Weapons Methodology Study. The aim of the methodology study is to provide test procedures and techniques which will insure the selection of the most effective weapons and equipment for the Infantry soldier. The approach of the methodology study was to cast these procedures in terms of the environment in which the candidate weapons and support equipment will be used. Since a realistic evaluation of weapon performance cannot be undertaken with validity in a sterile laboratory situation, the movement in recent years has been towards tactical or operational testing. This paper relates some of the results thus far achieved and emphasizes in particular a new analytical technique for isolating particularly important variables or measures of effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713552

Entities

People

  • Charles B. Thomas
  • Ronald D. Klein

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Automatic Rifles
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Environment
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Infantry
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Probability
  • Rifles
  • Semiautomatic
  • Small Arms
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.