Outdoor Armor Test Ranges (Six Ranges)

  • Capability of gun firing projectiles (57 mm to 140 mm) for kinetic energy and high-explosive projectile evaluations against armor materials up to a range of 200 meters
  • Static detonations of high-explosive warheads
  • Instrumented ranges provide such data as projectile flight characteristics, velocity profile, and terminal ballistic effects including behind armor debris
  • Turntable facility capable of supporting a 65-ton vehicle.
  • Computerized databasing of results available
  • On-site loading facilities

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Survivability/Lethality Directorate, 410-278-7124, email atcsld@atc.army.mil

Facilities/Capabilities Guide