A standard plywood mannequin has been used for several decades by themilitary for evaluating personnel vulnerability to fragmenting munitions. It is usedin both the context of lethality and survivability. The plywood mannequin wasdesigned prior to the first ANSUR anthropometric survey and though it wasdesigned to have a median stature relevant to the enemy combatant, the rest of itsdimensions appear to be chosen arbitrarily. It has occasionally been criticized forthe unusual dimensions in the upper extremities. Here, we propose a method forevaluating the plywood mannequin within the anthropometric space of the U.S.Army population. Using data collected from updated anthropometric studies andcomputer-assisted design, a population of new mannequins was created based onthe current design of the plywood mannequin. This paper examines the currentlyused de facto standard and compares its vulnerability to that of a set of newlyproposed plywood mannequins.
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