Accession Number:

AD0857747

Title:

Military Potential Test of Canadair Fisher Vehicle.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY GENERAL EQUIPMENT TEST ACTIVITY FORT LEE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Klimek, Adam

Report Date:

1967-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

138.0

Abstract:

A test of the commercially produced marginal terrain vehicle, having a 600-pound payload capacity rating, was conducted to determine the vehicles mobility capabilities in water, swamp, and muddy terrain. The test was sponsored by the U. S. Army Tank-Automotive Command USATAC in an effort to determine possible suitability of the vehicle as a small load carrier over the terrains mentioned. The XE-4 Armadillo tracked amphibian, developed by the U. S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center USAMERDC, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, was used as a comparison vehicle on a go, no-go basis during mobility operations at all test sites except the lily pad marsh terrain at Chickahominy River site and on paved surfaces.

Descriptors:

• (*TRACKED VEHICLES
• AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES)
• (*AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING))
• (*CARGO VEHICLES
• TRACKED VEHICLES)
• WATER
• SWAMPS
• TERRAIN
• SAND
• VEHICLE TRACKS
• ACCEPTABILITY
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• ROAD TESTS
• SAFETY
• VELOCITY
• MOBILITY
• FAILURE(MECHANICS)
• WEAR RESISTANCE
• LOAD DISTRIBUTION
• CENTER OF GRAVITY
• ACCELERATION
• BRAKING
• STEERING
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• MAINTENANCE

Subject Categories:

• Surface Effect Vehicles and Amphibious Vehicles
• Combat Vehicles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE