Accession Number:

ADA030093

Title:

Relating Target Visibility Factors to Small-Arms Combat Effectiveness

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

HUMAN ENGINEERING LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Brauneck, Timothy W.
• Miles, John L., Jr.
• Kibler, Ralph J.

Report Date:

1976-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

43.0

Abstract:

An experiment was conducted to determine how varying target- background contrast affects two common measures of military rifle marksmanship. Only one of the performance measures correlated significantly and in the expected direction with mean readings from a visibility meter. Two subsequent experiments were conducted to help determine the appropriateness of basing experimental control of target-background contrast on visibility-meter readings. Three difficulties in using the Blackwell Visual Tasks Evaluator VTE for this purpose were identified and analyzed.

Descriptors:

• *FIRING TESTS(ORDNANCE)
• *VISIBILITY
• *RANGES(FACILITIES)
• CONTRAST
• TARGET DISCRIMINATION
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• VISUAL PERCEPTION
• FIRING RATE
• REFLECTIVITY
• SMALL ARMS
• BRIGHTNESS
• ILLUMINATION
• KILL PROBABILITIES

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Guns

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE