User and Analyst Manual for a FORTRAN Computer Program Simulating the Engagement of a Stationary Point Target by a Stationary Direct Fire Weapon

Abstract

This report documents a FORTRAN computer program usable to make effectiveness calculations for weapons that fire aimed rounds one at a time against point targets. The program is applicable to tank main guns and infantry antitank weapons engaging tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other such targets. Monte Carlo techniques are used to simulate the engagement, which does not involve any firing by the target. The required inputs include rate of fire, delivery accuracy, and reliability data for the firing weapon, as well as detailed vulnerability data for the target. Other parameters that must be specified are the range, the target orientation and degree of exposure, and the aimpoint. The outputs are hit and kill probabilities for up to 15 rounds, average number of rounds needed for a target hit or kill, as well as hit and kill probabilities for engagement times up to 2 minutes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096794

Entities

People

  • Bernard N. Goulet

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Artillery
  • Computer Programs
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Impact Point
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Miss Distance
  • Moving Targets
  • Normal Distribution
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Science
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.