Fort Drum Ballistic Barrier Tests.

Experiments were conducted to determine the response of a laminated target to small arms fire. The target represented tile ceiling used to separate tile floors of a two-story building in a live fire village at Fort Drum, New York. The target consisted of 34-in plywood, a steel plate, a second piece of 34-in plywood, a second steel plate, and a third piece of 34-in plywood. The tests were conducted to establish whether this target would protect troops in the building against the accidental discharge of small arms weapons being fired from one floor to the other. The tests showed that use of 14-in mild steel in the laminate will stop 5.56-mm ammunition, and that 12-in steel will stop 7.62-mm ammunition.