XM1 Gunnery Training and Aptitude Requirements Analyses

摘要

This research compared, by crew position and by task, the gunnery training and aptitude requirements of the XM1 and the M60A1 tank systems. Task inventories were prepared for each crew position in the XM1 as well as for tasks which required interaction among crewmembers. A comparability analysis identified XM1 tasks posing potential training or aptitude problems and proposed tentative solutions. In addition, the location where specific XM1 tasks would be trained was identified, e.g., in OSUT or in operational units. Findings from the XM1 M60A1 comparability analyses include: the majority of XM1 tasks which are directly analogous to M60A1 tasks are easier to perform on a fully operational XM1 tank while performance of these same tasks on a non-fully operational XM1 is almost identical in difficulty to M60A1 tasks; tasks which are unique to the XM1 are often difficult on a fully operational XM1 and almost always very difficult on a non-fully operational XM1; and automation in XM1 equipment design has made operator task performance during normal target engagements easier, but has conversely increased the scope and complexity of preoperational tasks under normal and degraded conditions. (Author)