This document describes test procedures to assess the performance of tracked vehicles in water. These vehicles have built-in floating/swimming capability or kits to enable them to float/swim. This performance is critical to tactical vehicle crossings of deep water obstacles. Keywords: Bollard pull; Maximum water speed; Current velocity; Mooring points; Turning ability; Reserve buoyancy; Wind speed.


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    Title :

    Tracked Vehicle Swimming Tests


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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