Boresight Equipment Testing Procedures

1 _= Research Product 88-37 INBoresight Equipment TestingProceduresJuly 1988 DTICELECTEFort Benning Field Unit AUG 141989 1 Training Research Laboratory Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social SciencesApproved for public release; distribution is 811 ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTEFOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCESA Field Operating Agency Under the Jurisdictionof the Deputy Chief of Staff for PersonnelEDGAR M. JOHNSON JON W. BLADEST echnical Director COL, INCommandingResearch accomplished under contract for theDepartment of the ArmyLitton Computer Services DivisionLitton Systems, review byWilliam January, 1/29 Infantry RegimentWillie H.

2 Moore, 1/29 Infantry RegimentNOTICESFINAL DISPOSITION: This Research Product may be destroyed when it is no longer do not return it to the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social : This Research Product is not to be construed as an official Department of the Armydocument, unless so designated by other authorized CLASSIFICATION OF 7 HIS PAGEForm ApprovedREPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMBNo. 0704-0188la. REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFiCATION lb_ RESTRICTIVE MARKINGSU nclass if ed2a. SECURITY CLASSiFiCATION AUTHORITY 3. DISTRIBUTION /AVAILABILITY OF REPORT--__Approved for public release;2b.

3 DECLASSIFICATION /DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE distribution PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REDORT NUMBER(S) 5. MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S)ARI Research Product 88-376a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b OFFICE SYMBOL 7a. NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATIONL itton Computer Services Div., (If applicable) Army Research InstituteLitton Systems, Inc. Field Unit at Fort Benning, GA6c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) 7b. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Code) Box 71i3 Box 2086 Mountain View, CA 94039-7113 Fort Benning, GA 31905Ba. NAME OF FUNDING iSPONSORING 8b.

4 OFFICE SYMBOL 9. PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBERORQANIZATiON Army Research (If appticable)Institute tor the Behavioral MDA903-85-C-0400and Social Sciences PERI-I8c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIP Coce) 10. SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERS5001 Eisenhower Ave. PROGRAM PROJECT TASK WORK UNITA lexandria, VA 22333-5600 ELEMENT NO. NO. NO. ACCESSION 795 342 ClI. TITLE (Include Security Classification) Boresight Equipment Testing Procedures12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S)Perkins, Mike S. (Litton Computer Services Div., Litton Systems, Inc.)

5 13a. TYPE OF REPORT 13b. TIME COVERED 14. DATE OF REPORT (Year, Month, Day) 15. PAGE COUNTF inal FROM 85/09 TO 87/09 1988, July 5116. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTATIONC ontracting Officer's Representative: Seward Smith17. COSATI CODES 18. SUBJECT TERMS (Continue on reverse if necessaty and identify by block number)FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP .- 7 .62-mm Boresight kit, Boresighting,25-mm Boresight adapter, Bradley Fighting VehicleBoresight kit field test Quality deficiency reports,19. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number)As part of boresighting the 25-mm gun of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), the turrettechnical manual (TM 9-2350-252-10-2) describes how to test the accuracy of the boresighttelescope.

6 However, BFV literature does not provide accuracy tests for the 25-mm boresightadapter or the 25-mm Boresight kit (adapter plus telescope). This pamphlet describes test-ing Procedures for the Boresight telescope, 25-mm adapter, and kit. The kit test should beconducted prior to boresighting. Inaccurate kits should be'reported through the chain ofcommand to the battalion. When inaccuratelkits are reported, master gunners conductseparate accuracy !tests of telescopes and 5-mm adapters. Inaccurate telescopes andadapters are reported using the quality deficiency report.

7 Accurate Equipment is used toform accurate 25-mm Boresight kits. Testing Procedures in this pamphlet will be includedin the BFV gunnery field manual (FM 23-1).20. DISTRIBUTION /AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21. ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION0 UNCLASSIFIEDfUNL:M!TED C3 SAME AS RPT. [ r)TIC USERS Unclassified22a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE (Include Area Code) 22c. OFFICE SYMBOLS eward Smith (404) 835-5589 PERI-IJDO Form 1473, JUN 86 Previous editions are obsolete. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGEUNCLASSIFIEDiResearch Product 88-37 Boresight Equipment Testing ProceduresMike S.]

8 PerkinsLitton Computer Services Division, Litton Systems, Unit at Fort Benning, GeorgiaSeward Smith, ChiefTraining Research LaboratoryJack H. Hiller, Army Research Institute for the Behavirri and Social Sciences5001 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, viaiiia 22333-5600 Office, Deputy Chief of Staff for PersonnelDepartment of the ArmyJuly 1988 Army Project Number Education and Training20263744A795 Approved for public release; dstribution is 1975 the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and SocialSciences (ARI) has contributed to a program to define emerging problems andaddress critical issues affecting the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV).

9 Con-sistent with this mission, problem analysis indicated that fielded boresightequipment for the 25-mm gun was inaccurate. BFV Boresight Equipment was In-accurate because accuracy tests and standards for the 25-mm adapter and 25-mmboresight kit did not exist and telescope test TH 9-2350-252-10-2 did notassess the required standard. This research effort developed or modifiedaccuracy Testing Procedures for the Boresight telescope, 25-mm adapter, and25-mm kit. This pamphlet, intended for BFV users, provides step-by-stepprocedures for Testing 25-mm Boresight 's Fort Benning Field Unit, a division of the Training Research Labo-ratory, monitored this research.

10 ARI's mission is to conduct research oftraining and training technology using infantry combat systems and problems asmediums. The research task that supports this mission, "Advanced Methods andSystems for Fighting Vehicle Training," is organized under the "Train theForce" program area. Sponsorship for this research is provided by a Memoran-dum of Understanding (effective 31 May 1983) between the Army InfantrySchool (USAIS), Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Training TechnologyAgency, and ARI, which established how joint efforts to improve BFV tacticaldoctrine, unit, and gunnery training would pamphlet was fielded by USAIS during the 1987 USAIS Gunnery Confer-ence.