COMPATIBILITY OF ARMY ARCTIC CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND HANDWEAR DURING SIMULATED ARCTIC OPERATIONAL TEST OF LANCE MISSILE SYSTEM.

Members of the crew operated the LANCE system at temperatures down to -65 F. while wearing Army arctic clothing. Generally, the clothing kept the men warm and permitted them to perform their jobs efficiently. However, a small number of definite incompatibilities were observed. Most often they involv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGinnis, John M.
Other Authors: ARMY NATICK LABS MA PIONEERING RESEARCH LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
Logistics
Military Facilities and Supplies
(*GUIDED MISSILE PERSONNEL
COLD WEATHER TESTS)
(*CLOTHING
COMPATIBILITY
SMALL TOOLS
HANDLING
MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES
GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHERS
GLOVES
ARCTIC REGIONS
SIMULATION
ARMY OPERATIONS
LANCE MISSILES
Arctic
Gunner
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0804926
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0804926
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Summary:Members of the crew operated the LANCE system at temperatures down to -65 F. while wearing Army arctic clothing. Generally, the clothing kept the men warm and permitted them to perform their jobs efficiently. However, a small number of definite incompatibilities were observed. Most often they involved system equipment and arctic mittens, either during infrequent operations or during ones which took only a fraction of a minute with anti-contact gloves, after the mittens had been removed. In addition, footwear and body clothing were sometimes involved. Experimental electrically heated glove inserts were used by the Gunner and Remote Theodolite Operator and showed promise for increasing the speed and precision of theodolite operation.

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