Fighting Vehicles - Status Report, 30 June 1962,

Abstract

In October 1958, USCONARC generated a requirement for coordinated effort on human factors research to determine how to effect better utilization of armor personnel through improving quality of personnel assigned to armor and work methods and procedures of these assigned. A research program containing the following subtasks was initiated in July 1960: (1) Identification of Psychological Factors and Personal Characteristics Associated with Effective Fighting Vehicles Personnel (subtask a); (2) Development of Criteria of Effective Performance in Fighting Vehicles (subtask b); (3) Construction and Validation of an Experimental Prediction Battery for Fighting Vehicles Personnel (subtask c); (4) Evaluation of the Relation between Characteristics of Group Composition or Interpersonal Relations and Successful Performance in Fighting Vehicle Units (subtask d); and (5) Improvement of Communications Techniques for Armored Platoons (subtask e).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1962
Accession Number
ADA079167

Entities

People

  • Guthrie D. Hardy
  • Jack J. Sternberg

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army Personnel
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Computer Simulations
  • Construction
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Management Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Training
  • Validation
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.