Accession Number:

AD0325766

Title:

ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST INFRARED DEVICES

Descriptive Note:

Preliminary study

Corporate Author:

ARMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION CHICAGO IL

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1957-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The requirements and capabilities of available infrared countermeasures for the Field Army are evaluated. Particular techniques and equipments that should be developed for the future Field Army are listed. Although only fragmentary qualitative and quantitative data on Soviet infrared equipment is available, the assumed direction that development in infrared techniques and equipment in the guided-missile field will take is pointed out. The difference between active and passive infrared equipment is explained. Visible illumination in night operations from requests through normal communication channels to counter enemy use of infrared detectors is recommended until at a much later date when infrared viewers will be available in quantity. The design of uniforms and equipment to prevent infrared reflectivity is recommended. The development of intercept receivers and pulsed and modulated- light countermeasures against infrared-fuzed proximity missiles is also recommended.

Descriptors:

• *COUNTERMEASURES
• *INFRARED DETECTORS
• *NIGHT WARFARE
• *PROXIMITY FUZES
• ARMY
• INFRARED EQUIPMENT
• INFRARED RECEIVERS
• INFRARED SCANNING
• MILITARY EQUIPMENT
• SHIELDING
• SNIPERSCOPES

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Infrared Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE