Reduced Exposure Firing with the Land Warrior System

Abstract

The Land Warrior (LW) system provides the Soldier a new combat capability the ability to conduct surveillance and to fire from a reduced exposure posture. The day capability is achieved with the daylight video sight; the night capability with the thermal weapon sight. An experiment was conducted to determine the relative lethality of this capability versus standard direct fire techniques. The LW v1.0 system was used. Soldiers who participated in the experiment represented a cross-section of military occupational specialties. Data were obtained on probability of hit, round dispersion, target acquisition, and Soldier exposure to the enemy. Over all the experimental conditions, marksmanship accuracy was reduced somewhat (18% decrease), but Soldier exposure was decreased by 75% compared to direct fire positions and the absolute amount of exposure was small. A training plan was developed that identified the required skills and incorporated the training lessons learned on techniques and firing exercises that facilitate skill acquisition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435129

Entities

People

  • Adam W. Vaughan
  • Jean L. Dyer
  • Jena D. Salvetti
  • Michael Dlubac
  • Paul Blankenbeckler
  • Scott A. Beal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Databases
  • Daylight
  • Detection
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Instructors
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation