TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whelan,W.J.
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - New concepts for U.S. combat vehicle systems
SN  - 083300462X (pbk.)
AV  - UG446.5 .W43 1982
PY  - 1982///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Armored vehicles, Military
KW  - United States
KW  - Remote control
KW  - Tank warfare
KW  - Target acquisition
N1  - "December 1982."; "Order No. 3584."; This research was conducted under RAND's National Security Research Division; Includes bibliographical references (p. 45); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - This publication describes a research effort which examined a new approach for developing land combat vehicle systems.  The research focused specifically on new tank systems.  The report begins with a summary of the asserted needs for significant increases in the capabilities of current combat vehicle systems.  Next, a generic concept development approach based on the idea of distributed vehicle systems with unmanned subsystems is described and related to R&D challenges.  The approach is used to generate a distributed tank concept, TEARS (Tank Effectiveness Augmentation by Remote Subsystems).  The TEARS concept is explored from several aspects, including combat engagement capabilities, technological feasibility, and affordability.  Last, a TEARS technology development and demonstration program is outlined
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2933/
ER  -