Friendly Fire and Combat Identification

Abstract

Casualties due to friendly fire have always been a part of war, but typically have not been considered in combat simulations. Due to the battles fought in Desert Storm in which a high percent of the BLUE losses were attributable to friendly fire, the military community has focused more attention on the causes and prevention of fratricide. Combat Identification Devices (CID's) are being developed with the purpose of identifying friendly vehicles before engagement. In an effort to support work in this area, the U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA) has modified one of its combat simulations, Groundwars, to include the possibility of fratricide and the deployment of the proposed near term CID's. AMSAA has conducted a CID parametric study by varying the probability of correct identification, system timelines and vulnerabilities, and scenarios.... Friendly fire, Combat identification, Combat simulation, Fratricide.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262327

Entities

People

  • Mike Schmidt

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Classification
  • Combat Simulations
  • Detection
  • Fratricide
  • Friendly Fire
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Systems Analysis
  • Vulnerability
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Control
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control