PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS. Textile, Clothing and Footwear Division, Clothing Branch Report No. 20

Technical Report · Tue Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4834206

Schimelfenyg, D; Donnelly, N; Brooks, F C

An objective and largely quantitative method is described for comparing the combat effectiveness of soldiers as a function of the clothing and personal equipment provided them. Both the weapons' protection and the adverse physiological effects resulting from protective clothing are analyzed in relation to both nuclear weapon environment and natural environment. The proposed method requires specific data on lethal areas of nuclear weapons used against soldiers with varying degrees of clothing protection, on tolerance times as a function of activity in various clothing ensembles, and on the frequency and duration of military tasks. A specific conclusion is that thermal protection is less effective for front-line troops than for rearechelon troops. (auth)

• Research Organization: Technical Operations, Inc., Burlington, Mass.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-000001
• OSTI ID: 4834206
• Report Number(s): AD-254980; TO-B 61-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CLOTHING
ENVIRONMENT
FREQUENCY
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PERSONNEL
PHYSIOLOGY
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
SAFETY
TEMPERATURE
WEAR