GROUND-CRAWLING: 1966; THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF DESIGNING OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

Abstract

The state-of-the-art of off-road vehicle design, especially of military vehicles, is surveyed with particular reference to those design elements which especially distinguish off-road vehicles from related equipment. The procedures by which off-road military vehicles advance from concept and/or requirement to field issue are also reviewed, and some relations between apparent technical weaknesses and the administrative procedures are pointed out. It is concluded that to provide the more mobile vehicles needed by the Army in the field in Southeast Asia a complete second family of off-road military vehicles is required--an integrated, compatible system of vehicles optimized for operations in Southeast Asia rather than in Europe, as is our present standard fleet. Organizational changes which would speed such an approach are suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0816577

Entities

People

  • C. J. Nuttall Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Ground Effect Machines
  • Mechanics
  • Military Vehicles
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Research Facilities
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tracked Vehicles

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.