Vehicle Vulnerability to Laser Systems

Abstract

Vulnerability analyses were performed on the combat vehicles of M48A1 tank, M113APC personnel carrier, and M35A truck, with the view of identifying the parameters relevant to the deployment of countermeasures. The analysis of material damage caused by laser weapons showed that the currently available high-power lasers posed no greater threat than conventional weapons, even though the on-board optical and imagery systems were vulnerable to being destroyed at short ranges and to being saturated at long ranges under direct irradiation. The analyses of vulnerability related to rangers and designators were carried out by taking into account of the atmospheric extinction (u), surface reflectivity (s), and angle of incidence (0). The results were presented in the form of numerical computations of the reflected power under various conditions of u, s, and 0, which, in turn, were identified as parameters amendable to being controlled for passive countermeasure deployment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046440

Entities

People

  • William S. Chan

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Classification
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Energy Bands
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Phase Transformations
  • Reflectivity
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Surface Properties
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Military Science
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy