The Impact of Chemical Protective Clothing on Military Operational Performance

Abstract

Wearing chemical protective clothing (CPC) while conducting military operations limits a soldier's dexterity, mobility, command and control, communications, and endurance. A series of field studies was conducted to identify mission degradations from the protective clothing on the chemically contaminated battlefield. The studies differed in complexity but had a common goal of comparing task performance and endurance of soldiers wearing the full protective ensemble versus wearing the standard military field uniform. This article summarizes 3 U.S. Army programs. One of them is called the Physiological and Psychological Effects of the NBC Environment and Sustained Operations on Systems in Combat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA344161

Entities

People

  • Donald B. Headley
  • Donald Cunningham
  • Gerald A. Hudgens

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Artillery
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Indirect Fire
  • Military Operations
  • Motor Skills
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Protective Clothing
  • Psychology
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Materials Science
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

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