Bradley Fighting Vehicle Gunnery: The Use of the Protective Mask in the Conduct of Fire Trainer

Abstract

An experiment was designed to reassess requirements for Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) institutional gunnery training. The question of the need to wear the nuclear, biological, chemical (NBC) protective mask while training in the Conduct of Fire Trainer (COFT) gunnery simulator was addressed by an experiment in which experienced Bradley gunners and commanders fired a preselected set of COFT exercises both with and without the mask. Results indicated that on several critical gunnery performance variables, crew performance was significantly slower in the masked condition. The results, while preliminary, indicate that crews must fire wearing the mask whenever possible, in order to overcome possible performance degradation produced by the mask. Keywords: Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), BFV gunnery, Conduct of Fire Trainer (COFT), Nuclear, biological, chemical (NBC), Gunnery training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226446

Entities

People

  • Margaret S. Salter

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Detection
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Protective Clothing
  • Protective Equipment
  • Protective Masks
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

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