Survey of Human Factors in Armored Vehicles Operation

摘要

To provide the requisite firepower, mobility, protection, and shock action on the battlefield, the capabilities of armor will be exploited to the fullest. To supply and improve these capabilities, increasingly complex warfare systems have been developed. Optimal exploitation of these systems once they are in operation presents a challenge to the utilization of human skills and abilities. Although developments in guidance systems, automatic weapons, and homing devices can be expected to play an increasing role in armored vehicle operation, the human components remain none the less the controlling elements of the vehicle and its subsystems. Plans for mid-range and long-range time frames, furthermore, call for modifications of combat operations and procedures which may intensify the classic human factors problems associated with armored vehicle operation, including the effects of noise, heat, confinement, and isolation. In line with this thinking, USCONARC has generated a requirement for human factors research in fighting vehicle operation.