Accession Number:

AD0649517

Title:

SMALL ARMS USE IN VIET NAM: M14 RIFLE AND .45-CALIBER PISTOL

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

HUMAN ENGINEERING LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1967-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

The U. S. Army Human Engineering Laboratories developed a questionnaire to find out how small arms are used in Viet Nam. This report gives the responses of a sample of 83 combat troops predominantly using the M14 rifle and the .45-caliber pistol. Author

Descriptors:

• *HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• *SMALL ARMS
• WARFARE
• INFANTRY
• SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• PISTOLS
• RIFLES
• ACCEPTABILITY
• VIETNAM
• BODY ARMOR

Subject Categories:

• Guns
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE