Armored Vehicle Vulnerability to Conventional Weapons

Abstract

The report provides a method for overall evaluation of vehicle armor system effectiveness in protecting crew, vehicle, components, and equipment from attack by conventional (non-NBC) weapons. It includes tests for: resistance to KE projectiles, bullet splash, HEAT ammunition, land mines, shock-producing impacts, and penetration by fragments; vulnerability of vision devices; immobilization of external components and displacement of internal components; welded joint evaluation; compartmentalization of stowed ammunition; and protection against fuel fires, explosive attack, air attack, and flame weapons. It discusses test planning including interpretation of requirements, test sequencing, inspections, instrumentation, precautions, kill probability definitions, and design and use of anthropomorphic test dummies. The evaluation does not include methods of attack not specifically designed for antitank use, nor nuclear, biological, or chemical attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018054

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Cameras
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire Suppression
  • Fires
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Instrumentation
  • Kinetic Energy Projectiles
  • Materials
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering