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1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)
26-09-2007
2. REPORT TYPE
Final
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
5b. GRANT NUMBER
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Test Operations Procedure (TOP)
2-2-604 Drawbar Pull
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
5d. PROJECT NUMBER
5e. TASK NUMBER
6. AUTHORS
5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Combat and Automotive Systems Division (CSTE-DTC-YP-YT-CA)
US Army Yuma Test Center
301 C. Street
Yuma, AZ 85365
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
TOP 2-2-604
10. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S
ACRONYM(S)
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Test Business Management Division (CSTE-DTC-TM-B)
US Army Developmental Test Command
314 Longs Corner Road
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5055
11. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
Same as item 8
12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.
13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), AD No.:
This TOP supersedes TOP 2-2-604, dated 18 July 1980.
14. ABSTRACT
Describes procedure for evaluation of vehicle power available for acceleration, towing, or hill climbing. Defines drawbar
pull. Includes procedures for hard surface, soil, and water tests. Discusses vehicle preparation, instrumentation method
of computing results, data reduction, and presentation. Establishes curves for comparing performance with similar
vehicles and for predicting gradeability. Applicable to wheeled, tracked, and amphibious vehicles.
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Bollard pull Soft-soil mobility
Drawbar pull Vehicle, amphibious
Drawbar horsepower Vehicle, tracked
Dynamometer Vehicle, wheeled
Fuel consumption (full load)
16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF:
a. REPORT B. ABSTRACT C. THIS PAGE
19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON
Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified
17. LIMITATION OF
ABSTRACT
SAR
18. NUMBER
OF
PAGES
19
19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (include area code)
Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98)
Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18
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