The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), Validation Engineering Division (SIOAC-DEV), was tasked by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to test the ISO-Compatible Palletized Flatrack (IPF) on the Palletized Loading System (PLS5) with ammunition loads for compliance with Transportability Testing Procedures, TP-94-Oi, July 1994. Testing included the IPF loaded onto the following: Container-on-flatcar (COFC), Trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC), PLS truck cabled on a standard flatcar, PLS trailer cabled on a standard flatcar, PLS truck and PLS trailer over road hazard course, including road trip, washboard, and Shipboard Transportation Simulator (STS) with four different ammunition loads. Additional rail impact tests included 3- and 5-high IPF retrograde transportation on COFC and on a container chassis on a TOFC. The results of the tests are contained in this report.


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