Protection for field operations
conference paper
The survival of troops during UN missions out of area is paramount. Therefore, the Corps of Engineers of the Royal Netherlands Army is tasked to provide adequate protection for military personnel during hazardous situations. Since 1996 a research programme is ongoing
by TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory in co-operation with the Corps of Engineers and the Royal Military Academy, with the objective to determine and improve the protection level of semipermanent structures. Besides this programme the MOD worked on the threat definition
resulting in a 5-level threat definition and required protection level. A third focal point in the Netherlands is the safe field storage of ammunition.
In the paper the results obtained so far from these three researches and development efforts will be presented. Attention will be paid to:
- The explosion tests on field shelters and their protection level;
- The vulnerability of observers in typical and new designs of Observation Posts tested at full scale;
- The “ideal” compound layout based on effect analysis, versus a real compound layout.
Finally the white spots in knowledge will be mentioned and the objectives and test plan for the 5-ton field storage test will be mentioned.
by TNO Prins Maurits Laboratory in co-operation with the Corps of Engineers and the Royal Military Academy, with the objective to determine and improve the protection level of semipermanent structures. Besides this programme the MOD worked on the threat definition
resulting in a 5-level threat definition and required protection level. A third focal point in the Netherlands is the safe field storage of ammunition.
In the paper the results obtained so far from these three researches and development efforts will be presented. Attention will be paid to:
- The explosion tests on field shelters and their protection level;
- The vulnerability of observers in typical and new designs of Observation Posts tested at full scale;
- The “ideal” compound layout based on effect analysis, versus a real compound layout.
Finally the white spots in knowledge will be mentioned and the objectives and test plan for the 5-ton field storage test will be mentioned.
TNO Identifier
1014771
Publisher
TNO
Source title
30th DoD Explosives Safety Seminar, Atlanta, GA, USA, 13-15 August 2002
Collation
18 p.
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