The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS), Evaluation Division (SMCAC-DEV), has been tasked by the U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM), AMCPM-AT-T, Redstone Arsenal, AL to test the army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) in various shipping configurations and modes. Shipping configurations consisted of: six equivalent mass missiles blocked and braced in a boxcar; four mass equivalent missiles in a Military Van (MILVAN) secured to a load and roll pallet (LRP) with commercial web straps; four inert missiles secured to a flatrack with metal strap; and four secured to a military M871 semitrailer with nuclear straps. Containerized modes of transportation were subjected to rail, road, and Shipboard Transportation Simulator (STS) tests. Accelerometer data was recorded for all rail impact tests, the road hazard course, and the washboard course.
Transportability Testing of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)
1989
185 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Transportation , Ammunition , Army , Army equipment , Army planning , Commerce , Configurations , Containerizing , Defense systems , Guided missiles , Impact tests , Inert materials , Mass , Metals , Pallets , Rails , Roll , Shipping , Straps , Tactical analysis , Test and evaluation , Transportable , Webs(Sheets) , ATACMS(Army Tactical Missile System) , Boxcars , Military Vans , M871 Semitrailers , Railroads , Roads , Tables(Data)
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