Maneuvering Vehicle Path Simulator,

Abstract

The mobility and agility of land combat vehicles provide countermeasure tactics against gun fire control systems. Improvements in the performance of fire control systems engaging maneuvering vehicles can be realized by upgrading the system's ability to accurately estimate the threat's line-of-sight motion and predict future position. A quantitative description of the maneuvering threat motion is needed to evaluate prediction concepts and system performance. Field test to obtain the data base would be too costly because threat maneuvers constitute a large set of possibilities even when constrained by tactical doctrine and vehicle capabilities. In lieu of field test, an analytic approach describing maneuvers is presented in this paper to provide the needed data base for evaluating the performance of fire control system engaging maneuvering targets.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP001088

Entities

People

  • H. H. Burke
  • J. L. Leathrum
  • T. R. Perkins

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Control Theory
  • Databases
  • Field Tests
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Land Warfare
  • Line Of Sight
  • Maneuvers
  • Simulators
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design