Marksmanship Aiming and Tracking Analysis System

Abstract

Scientists from the U.S. Army Project Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE), the U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory (HEL), and Advanced Technology, Incorporated (ATI) worked together to design and implement a computer program to develop a data base for understanding M16A1 rifle aiming and tracking. This program was designed to run an IBM PC-AT compatible computer. Several studies using this program examined aiming error as a function of firing position, practice, apparent target size, trigger activation, rifle noise, ballistics, muzzle deflection, target angular rate, and target engagement time. The goal of these aiming error studies was to integrate the aiming and tracking data into a quantitative model of performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240218

Entities

People

  • Gene K. Cuccarese
  • James P. Torre Jr.
  • Jeffery L. Maxey
  • Joel T. Kalb
  • Sander Reinhartz

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Graphics
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Impact Point
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • Trajectories
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.