Job Objectives for M60A1A0S Tank Gunnery

摘要

Recognizing a possible need for increased efficiency in gunnery training, and the dependence of increased training efficiency on the availability of a pool or data base of gunnery job objectives, the US Army Armor School initiated research to develop the data base and to examine proposed gunnery training. A project to: (1) Develop a performance-requirements data base, or pool of job objectives for M60A1AOS tank gunnery. (2) Specify the tank gunnery training objectives that are implied in TC 17-12-5 (Tank Gunnery Training; October 1974). (3) Compare the gunnery training objectives and the gunnery job objectives. Conclusions reached: (1) The gunnery job objectives developed during this project seem comprehensive. (2) The gunnery performance standards proposed in TC 17-12-5 (October 1974) should be revised for increased specificity and decreased reliance on expert opinion. (3) The relevance of the gunnery exercises proposed in TC 17-12-5 (October 1974) to the gunnery job seems unquestionable. (4) Gunnery training, as proposed in TC 17-12-5 (October 1974) is not comprehensive. (5) The efficiency of the gunnery training proposed in TC 17-12-5 (October 1974) can be increased by teaching more within existing resource contraints, or by maintaining present proficiency levels at less cost. (6) Gunnery training is one of several means of accomplishing the objectives of gunnery. Potentially less expensive means, such as improved equipment reliability and personnel selection, should be considered.