THE INFLUENCE OF BODY ARMOR COVERAGE AND WEIGHT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MARINE WHILE PERFORMING CERTAIN SIMULATED COMBAT-TYPE TASKS Vol. Ⅷ

摘要

In two recent field studies to determine the effects on perform-ance of the user when wearing different designs and weights of body armor, it was determined that, the wearing of body armor did affect the wearer's performance. However, it was not possible to determine if the effect on performance was due to the difference in design or the difference in weight of the body armor. The study was planned to separate the weight and design effects by using only two designs and three weights in each design. Each of the six configurations was worn by groups of 20 Marines. In addition, a no-armor, control was effected, again using 20 Marines. Thus, the study involved seven groups of 20 Marines.