User and Analyst Manual for a FORTRAN Computer Program Simulating the Engagement of a Stationary Point Target by a Stationary Direct Fire Weapon

摘要

This report documents a FORTRAN computer program usable to make effectiveness calculations for weapons that fire aimed rounds one at a time against point targets. The program is applicable to tank main guns and infantry antitank weapons engaging tanks, armored personnel carriers, and other such targets. Monte Carlo techniques are used to simulate the engagement, which does not involve any firing by the target. The required inputs include rate of fire, delivery accuracy, and reliability data for the firing weapon, as well as detailed vulnerability data for the target. Other parameters that must be specified are the range, the target orientation and degree of exposure, and the aimpoint. The outputs are hit and kill probabilities for up to 15 rounds, average number of rounds needed for a target hit or kill, as well as hit and kill probabilities for engagement times up to 2 minutes. (Author)