The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), Validation Engineering Division (SMCAC-DEV), was tasked by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Program Manager for Heavy Tactical Vehicles (SFAE-CS-TVH), to test the Enhanced Palletized Flatrack (EPF) on the Palletized Loading System (PLS) with ammunition loads for compliance with Transportability Testing Procedures, TP-91-01, July 1991. Testing included Container-on-flatcar (COFC), Trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC), loaded PLS truck with EPF cabled on a flatcar, loaded PLS truck/trailer cabled on a flatcar, road hazard course, road trip, washboard, and Shipboard Transportation Simulator (STS) of four different ammunition loads. Minor mechanical discrepancies were observed in the EPF; however, problems did not hinder successful transportation of the ammunition loads. Although the EPF satisfied basic ammunition transportation test criteria, the wooden deck contained 1/8- to 1/2-inch gaps which do not meet the tight floor requirements of Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 177.835(f). As a result, the EPF (as designed) cannot be used for the transportation of ammunition until this floor requirement is met.
Enhanced Palletized Flatrack (EPF) Transportability Testing on the Palletized Loading System (PLS) Truck/Trailer
1994
350 pages
Report
No indication
English
Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Industrial & Mechanical Engineering , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Trailers , Trucks , Road tests , Ammunition containers , Army , Floors , Hazards , Regulations , Requirements , Ship decks , Shipboard , Simulators , Test and evaluation , Validation , Military transportation , EPF(Enhanced Palletized Flatrack) , PLS(Palletized Loading System)