Medium Tactical Vehicle Underbody Armor Development

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to investigate underbody armor solutions for a Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV) that mitigate the effects of blast and fragmentation associated with IED events. The first MTV prototype was designed in 1988. The vehicle's sales have grown the MTV fleet to over 56,000 strong consisting of sixteen variations ("FMTV," 2006). As illustrated by Figure 1, current MTVs are outfitted with the Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) cab to enhance occupant protection relative to baseline while enabling the cab configuration to readily change respective of operational requirements via the utilization of Add on Armor (AoA) kits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518022

Entities

People

  • Kyle Mcleod

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Land Mines
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Personnel
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.