The report describes procedures for evaluating vehicle power available for acceleration, towing, or hill climbing; it defines drawbar pull, includes procedures for hard-surface, soil, and water tests, and discusses vehicle preparation, instrumentation, method of computing results, data reduction and presentation. The report established curves for comparing performance with similar vehicles and for predicting gradeability, and is applicable to wheeled, tracked, and amphibious vehicles.


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