This report examines some near-and far-term options for dramatically enhancing the effectiveness of U.S. armored vehicles. We concentrated on dramatic change rather than conservative, evolutionary processes, because of the long U.S. procurement cycle. The technological options we consider include new weapons systems, autoloaders, automatic target recognition systems, propulsion packages, sensor suites, and even completely new chassis configurations. All of our options rely heavily on automation to reduce the crew burden. Some of the impetus for this work comes from upgrade programs on the M1-A1, Bradley, and U.S. Marine Corps light armored vehicle (LAV). The principal output of this work is a set of candidate designs for MBT's and light armored vehicles, developed through analytic studies, simulations, and computer aided design. The work focuses on the design of light and heavy antiarmor vehicles. Surveys and analyses are made of protection systems, weapon systems, mobility systems, sensor packages, crewspace designs, and electronics architectures.
Exploration of Integrated Ground Weapons Concepts for Armor/Anti-Armor Missions
1991
200 pages
Report
No indication
English
Combat Vehicles , Armored vehicles , Antiarmor ammunition , Architecture , Armor , Automatic , Chassis , Computer aided design , Configurations , Cycles , Electronics , Evolution(General) , Ground level , Integrated systems , Loaders , Mathematical analysis , Missions , Mobility , Procurement , Protection , Target recognition , Vehicles , Weapon systems , Weapons , Tanks(Combat Vehicles) , Tank turrets , Tank crews , Guided missiles , Tank guns , Main battle tanks , Light armored vehicles , Bradley fighting vehicles , Remote control , Antiarmor weapons
Armor/Anti-Armor Team Tactical Performance
NTIS | 1979
|Lighter armor for future ground vehicles
Tema Archive | 2007
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