Transportability

Abstract

The report describes a method for evaluation of military equipment transportability characteristics; discusses preliminary activities, facilities, and equipment required; and provides procedures for lifting and tiedown attachments; rail, highway, and marine transportability; terminals handling and movement; air portability, fixed and rotary wing, internal and external carried, to include airdropped materiel, shock, vibration, safety, human factors, and maintenance evaluation. Appendixes provide railway landing procedures, highway vehicle and load limits, marine transport environmental factors and characteristics, aircraft capacities, shock and vibration environments during transport by rail, sea, and air. The method is applicable to equipment whether towed, self-propelled, or moved by carrier over highway, cross-country, railway, waterway, or air.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 1973
Accession Number
AD0765456

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Drop Tests
  • Impact Tests
  • Materials Handling Equipment
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Ship Decks
  • Shock Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Transportation
  • United States

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.