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.


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    Title :

    Enhanced Palletized Flatrack (EPF) Transportability Testing on the Palletized Loading System (PLS) Truck/Trailer


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    350 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English