US ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND
TEST OPERATIONS PROCEDURE
DRSTE-RP-702-102
*Test Operations Procedure 1-1-011 6 July 1981
AD No. A103325
VEHICLE TEST FACILITIES AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND
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Paragraph 1. SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. CHURCHVILLE TEST AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. CLIMATIC TESTING FACILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. DYNAMOMETER COURSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. MILE LOOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. MUNSON TEST AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. PERRYMAN TEST AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9. POOLE'S ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
10. TANK GUNNERY RANGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
11. TILT TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Appendix A. REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
1. SCOPE. This TOP describes the mobility test facilities of Aberdeen Proving
Ground (APG), Maryland. It is designed for use in planning tests of wheeled and
tracked vehicles, including vehicular weapon systems. It does not cover the
equipment and instrumentation used on the test courses to obtain and measure test
data, or laboratory facilities except for the climatic test chambers.
(Automotive laboratory instrumentation and field test equipment and instrumenta-
tion are covered in TOP/MTP 2-1-002 and 2-1-0051-2**, respectively.) The test
facilities at APG are adequate to meet the needs of the DARCOM mobility model,
MIL-M-8090F, and the automatic shock test (Procedure 514.2) of MIL-STD-810C.
At APG, there are about 64 km (40 miles) of automotive test courses on more than
1320 hectares (3,300 acres) of land, in addition to the water areas and firing
ranges used in vehicle testing. Each course is designed to meet a particular
military vehicle specification, and many of the courses exceed commercial stan-
dards. Test course severity is covered in TOP 1-1-010.
*This TOP supersedes TOP/MTP 1-1-011 dated 17 March 1976.
**Footnote numbers correspond to reference numbers in Appendix A.
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