Arctic Service Test of Laser Rangefinder AN/GVS-3 under Arctic Winter Conditions.

An Arctic Service test was conducted on the Laser Rangefinder, AN/GVS-3, by the U. S. Army Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, from 3 March 1970 to 9 March 1970. One laser operator and a test officer operated, recorded, and analyzed performance characteristics, arctic mounting, rangefinding c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rucks, Michael G.
Other Authors: ARMY ARCTIC TEST CENTER FORT GREELY AK
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Lasers and Masers
Optical Detection and Detectors
*RANGE FINDING)
(*LASERS
COLD WEATHER TESTS
ARCTIC REGIONS
RUBY
MAINTAINABILITY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SAFETY
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
AN/GVS-3
RUBY LASERS
Arctic
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0871079
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0871079
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Summary:An Arctic Service test was conducted on the Laser Rangefinder, AN/GVS-3, by the U. S. Army Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, from 3 March 1970 to 9 March 1970. One laser operator and a test officer operated, recorded, and analyzed performance characteristics, arctic mounting, rangefinding capability, durability, reaction time, human factors, maintainability and safety of the AN/GVS-3 laser operations under arctic winter conditions at temperatures ranging to -12 F. Equipment was cold-soaked prior to all testing. Testing was conducted at a USATECOM approved range in accordance with USAATC Regulation STEAC-AT-385-1.

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