An Evaluation of Varying Distribution Policies for the Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer on U.S. Army Main Battle Tanks

Abstract

The U.S. Army's main battle tank, the MlAl, does not possess the enhanced features of the proposed MlA2 tank. Limited production authorization for the MlA2 will result in only 62 MlA2 tanks reaching the Army's inventory. The U.S. Army needs to determine if certain technologies from the MlA2 should be retrofitted to existing MlAl tanks. The Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer (CITV) is among the most promising add-ons for the MlAl. A scheme to test whether addition of the CITV alone to the MlAl, without adding any of the other MlA2 improvements, is conducted to measure lethality, survivability, and detection performance. The JANUS(A) combat model is used to collect data. Battalion and squadron level scenarios were conducted for both Central Europe and Southwest Asia during both day and night conditions. Measures of performance are analyzed in each of the three areas to determine the influence of the CITV on MlAl performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257971

Entities

People

  • John K. Wood

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Asia
  • Central Europe
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Europe
  • Information Exchange
  • Operations Research
  • Production
  • Southwest Asia
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

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