U. S. Army Test and Evaluation Command Development Test II (ET) - Common Test Operations Procedure, Protection by Armored Vehicles Against Kinetic Energy Projectiles

Abstract

The report describes a computational technique for assessing the protection afforded by an armored vehicle against a specific threat (defined in the applicable ROC, DP, or other military requirements document) by a kinetic energy projectile. The attack conditions are limited to ground attack from conventional weapons. Computation is based on previously obtained ballistic data. The report discusses the threat and the protection probability, rationale for the technique, special armor considerations, and prerequisites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 24, 1973
Accession Number
ADA006501

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Computations
  • Energy
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Kinetic Energy Projectiles
  • Line Of Fire
  • Materials
  • Military Requirements
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Projectiles
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design