SERVICE TEST OF DRIVING SHIELDS FOR CARRIER, PERSONNEL, ARMORED, FULL-TRACKED M113

This report includes: Army Armor Board, Fort Knox, Ky. SERVICE TEST OF DRIVING SHIELDS FOR CARRIER, PERSONNEL, ARMORED, FULL-TRACKED M113. 16 June 61, 5p. rrier, personnel, armored, full-tracked m113. 3 Aug 61, 20p. incl. illus. Unclassified report DESCRIPTORS: *Windshields, Tests, Climatic factors,...

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Other Authors: CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND FORT MONROE VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
*WINDSHIELDS
ARMORED VEHICLES
CLIMATE
TRACKED VEHICLES
M-113 TANKS
Arctic
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0261127
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Summary:This report includes: Army Armor Board, Fort Knox, Ky. SERVICE TEST OF DRIVING SHIELDS FOR CARRIER, PERSONNEL, ARMORED, FULL-TRACKED M113. 16 June 61, 5p. rrier, personnel, armored, full-tracked m113. 3 Aug 61, 20p. incl. illus. Unclassified report DESCRIPTORS: *Windshields, Tests, Climatic factors, Armored vehicles, Tracked vehicles. Open-ended Terms: M113 personnel carrier. This report includes: Army Armor Board, Fort Knox, Ky. SERVICE TEST OF DRIVING SHIELDS FOR CARRIER, PERSONNEL, ARMORED, FULL-TRACKED M113. 16 June 61, 5p. illus. (Proj. no. 2130)Army Arctic Test Board, Fort Greely, Alaska. SERVICE TEST OF DRIVING SHIELDS FOR CARRIER, PERSONNEL, ARMORED, FULL-TRACKED, M113. 9 June 61, 6p. illus. tables (Proj. no. ATB 2-341)A service test of driving shields for carrier, personnel, armored, full-tracked, M113 was made to determine the suitability of the test items for Army use under temperate conditons. The test items are for the driver and vehicle commander of the M113 armored personnel carrier. The two s ields are similar. Each consists of several rectangular clear plastic windows flanked by a 90 degree circular sector plastic window on each end. The windows are fixed in a framework of plastic coated fabric. Sandwiched in the fabric and surrounding eac windo is a framework of stif helical springs. The driver's shield is attached to the vehicle by hook plates on one surface of the shield which attach to periscope guards and by a strap on the other surface which goes around the hatch ring. The commander's shield is attached by hood plates to periscope guards. It was concluded that the driver's and commander's shields are suitable for Army use under temperate climatic conditions. (Author)

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