REALTRAIN Validation for Rifle Squads 3: Tactical Performance during Movement-to-Contact
Abstract
A field experiment was carried out to determine the relative effectiveness of REALTRAIN, 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 posttraining test, and finally a series of tactical exercises in which REALTRAIN and conventional squads opposed one another. Performance during the movement-to- contact was shown to be highly correlated with subsequent performance during the attack. Consistent with earlier findings on tactical performance during contact and on mission accomplishment and casualty exchange, REALTRAIN was shown to be more effective than conventional field training in the training of infantry rifle squads.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA075423
Entities
People
- Guthrie D. Hardy Jr.
- James H. Banks
- Robert H. Sulzen
- Thomas D. Scott
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences