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1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)
17-10-2011
2. REPORT TYPE
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
Test Operations Procedure (TOP) 10-2-512
Cold Regions – Environmental Testing of Individual Soldier Equipment
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
Cold Regions Test Center
PO Box 665
Delta Junction, AK 99737
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
TOP 10-2-512
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
Range Infrastructure Division (CSTE-TM)
US Army Test and Evaluation Command
2202 Aberdeen Boulevard
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5001
ACRONYM(S)
11. SPONSOR/MONITOR’S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
Same as item 8
12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.
13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), AD No.: ADA550434
This TOP supersedes TOP 10-2-50
9, dated 5 May 1980; TOP 10-4-005, dated 26 November 1969; TOP 10-4-007,
dated 10 July 1969; TOP 10-4-008, dated 16 June 1969; and TOP 10-4-009, dated 28 November 1969.
14. ABSTRACT
This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) provides specific and general procedures for testing individual Soldier equipment
in a cold regions environment. The common characteristics of a cold region are cold temperatures, strong seasonality
with distinct changes in insolation (solar radiation energy), frozen atmospheric moisture, frozen ground, and freeze/thaw
of water. These characteristics have moderate to high-risk impacts on the survivability of the individual Soldier and are
best addressed through natural environmental testing. Methods for testing individual Soldier equipment for the effect of
these cold-regions characteristics are the primary goal of this TOP.
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Soldier equipment HFE MANPRINT
cold region environment CRTC
16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF:
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19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON
19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (include area code)
Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98)
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