Armor Operations in Mission Oriented Protective Posture Level 4 MOPPIV (Mission Oriented Protective Posture 4)

摘要

As a result of the concern for troop degradation due to the wearing of chemical protective equipment, a series of field tests were conducted to measure the correction factors for tasks performed in mission oriented protective posture, level IV (all equipment worn and sealed). This particular series of tests was performed to quantify the degradation of an armor platoon. The field environment for these tests was moderate temperatures (45-65 F) with low humidity. The tasks included pre-and post-operations preparation of the tanks, overmatch travel to a primary defense position and firing at targets while traversing a tank range. Data were analyzed using standard statistical procedures and a MOPPIV correction factor was defined as that value by which the time to complete a task in BDU should be multiplied while wearing MOPPIV. Keywords: Armor operations, Degraded effectiveness, Correction factors, M60A1, and Mission Oriented Protective Posture(MOPP). (sdw)