Live Fire Test and Evaluation of M113A3 Armored Personnel Carrier Spall Liners

Abstract

The M113A3 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Program Manager would like to have the option of fabricating the spall liners from either Kevlar (currently used) or S-2 Glass, to allow competitive procurement. Since spall liners can have a significant impact on armored vehicle crew casualties and system vulnerability the Army agreed with the Office of the Deputy Director, Test and Evaluation/Live Fire Test (ODDT&E/LFT) on the need to assess the equivalency of Kevlar and S-2 Glass spall liners in the M113A3 through side-by-side Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E). The objective of the LFT&E of the M113A3 spall liner was to compare the effectiveness of the S-2 Glass liner as a vulnerability reduction measure with that of the existing Kevlar liner in the M113A3 configuration. The comparison was based on side-by-side Live Fire Tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267255

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  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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