Cold Regions - Environmental Testing of Individual Soldier Equipment

Abstract

This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) provides specific and general procedures for testing individual Soldier equipment in a cold regions environment. The common characteristics of a cold region are cold temperatures, strong seasonality with distinct changes in insolation (solar radiation energy), frozen atmospheric moisture, frozen ground, and freeze/thaw of water. These characteristics have moderate to high-risk impacts on the survivability of the individual Soldier and are best addressed through natural environmental testing. Methods for testing individual Soldier equipment for the effect of these cold-regions characteristics are the primary goal of this TOP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 17, 2011
Accession Number
ADA550434

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Armor
  • Cold Regions
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Tests
  • Field Equipment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Regions
  • Solar Radiation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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