Armored Combat Vehicle Technology (ACVT) Program Mobility/Agility Findings
Abstract
The ACVT program was a joint Army and Marine Corps project to develop technology for designing and building armored vehicles in the post-1985 time frame. This paper is concerned only with the mobility and agility part of the program, which consisted of three closely related activities: Careful testing of two special test chassis, plus the General Motors XM1 automotive test rig (ATR), the M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), and the M60A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) , to develop quantitative data relating various measures of performance to a wide range of vehicle design parameters and terrain conditions and to driver behavior; Development or refinement of analytical models for predicting vehicle performance, and validation of these models, and Use of the validated analytical models to conduct broad parametric studies, to support war games which integrated mobility/agility, weapon systems, and armor considerations, and to evaluate concept designs for lightweight combat vehicles based on present and near-future component technology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 18, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA117927
Entities
People
- Newell R. Murphy Jr.