Requirements for a Device-Based Training and Testing Program for M1 Gunnery. Volume 1. Rationale and Summary of Results

Abstract

This report is concerned with several interrelated questions that have arisen because performance requirements and training device capabilities are both expanding. The project began with an analysis of the domain of gunnery stimulus conditions and behaviors. This analysis pulled together information from a variety of sources and organized it into a more comprehensive description of M1 gunnery procedural elements than available from any one existing source. The tactical gunnery domain is described by two lists: (a) a list of tank gunnery conditions and (b) a list of tank gunnery behaviors. These two lists are not independent, but contain intentional redundancies. That is, where conditions create qualitatively different gunnery behaviors (e.g., single target versus multiple targets), the behaviors are segregated as separate activities. The gunnery domain description was used to define training objectives and to guide evaluations of the four gunnery devices for both training and testing. Devices included the Videodisc Interactive Gunnery Simulator (VIGS), the arcade-type TopGun device, the Unit Conduct-of-Fire Training (U-COFT), and the Simulated Networking (SIMNET) battle simulation system.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194808

Entities

People

  • John E. Morrison
  • R. G. Hoffman

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Applied Psychology
  • Classification
  • Control Systems
  • Data Displays
  • Doctrine
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Motor Skills
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training Devices
  • Training Management

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Theoretical Analysis.