Project Armor Obstacle was a series of cratering and obstacle effectiveness experiments conducted in October and November 1972 at Fort Peck, Montana. The cratering tests consisted of several deliberate road cratering designs and a series of equal weight cratering comparisons. Explosives involved were TNT, nitromethane, a 10% aluminized slurry, ANFO, the Army's 40-lb cratering charge, and the Experimental XM-180 cratering charge. Various wheeled and tracked vehicles attempted to negotiate the road craters that were produced. Obstacle effectiveness tests were also conducted in a crater produced by 17 tons of nitromethane at 6 meters depth of burial with an open access hole. Test results demonstrated the validity of the various road crater designs and their effectiveness as obstacles. (Modified author abstract)


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    Title :

    Project Armor Obstacle II


    Contributors:
    J. Briggs (author)

    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    93 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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