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1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)
22-09-2009
2. REPORT TYPE
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
Test Operations Procedure (TOP)
2-4-002 Cold Regions Test of Tracked and Wheeled Vehicles
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Cold Regions Test Center
P.O. Box 665
Delta Junction, AK 99737
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
TOP 2-4-002
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Test Business Management Division (TEDT-TMB)
US Army Developmental Test Command
314 Longs Corner Road
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5055
ACRONYM(S)
11. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
Same as item 8
12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), AD No.: ADA506360
This TOP supersedes TOP 2-4-002, dated 10 July 1969
This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) provides specific and general procedures for testing tracked and wheeled
vehicles in a Cold Regions environment. The common characteristics of a cold region are cold temperatures, strong
seasonality with distinct changes in insolation, frozen atmospheric moisture, frozen ground, and freeze thaw of water.
These characteristics have moderate to high risk impacts on the operation of tracked and wheeled vehicles and are best
addressed through natural environmental testing. Methods for testing vehicles for the effect of these cold-regions
characteristics are a primary goal of this TOP.
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19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON
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