REALTRAIN Validation for Rifle Squads II: Tactical Performance

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out to determine the relative effectiveness of REALTRAIN (which is an engagement simulation training system) and conventional training. Rifle squads were given a tactical pretraining test, 3 days of training using either REALTRAIN or conventional methods, a post- training test, and finally a series of tactical exercises in which REALTRAIN and conventional squads opposed one another. Data collected on the behavior of squads during engagements were shown to be related to end-product measures of tactical performance. Resulting tactical performance data, as well as mission accomplishment and casualty exchange data, indicate REALTRAIN is more effective than conventional field training in the training of rifle squads. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069957

Entities

People

  • Kenneth I. Epstein
  • Larry L. Meliza
  • Thomas D. Scott

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Army Training
  • Command And Control
  • Detection
  • Employment
  • Hand Grenades
  • Machine Guns
  • Military Research
  • Performance Tests
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Simulations
  • Social Sciences
  • Tactical Training
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation