Video footage during operational testing of the M-17 Modular Handgun System at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Soldier Protective System (body armor), at Fort Hood, Texas; and a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Dragoon (ICVD) from Ghost Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fires a Javelin missile during operational testing at the Joint Maneuver Readiness Center (JMRC), Hohenfels, Germany.
Testing with the West Fort Hood, Texas-based U.S. Army Operational Test Command will determine whether or not new and modernized equipment systems are effective, suitable, and survivable, and is another step in the Army’s continual modernization of its equipment, using information Soldiers learn during combat, and translating it into improved battlefield capabilities through operational testing.
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About the U.S. Army Operational Test Command:
Operational testing began Oct. 1, 1969, and as the Army's only independent operational tester, OTC is celebrating "50 Years of Operational Testing." The unit enlists the "Total Army" (Active, National Guard, and Reserve) when testing Army, joint, and multi-service warfighting systems in realistic operational environments, using typical Soldiers to determine whether the systems are effective, suitable, and survivable. OTC is required by public law to test major systems before they are fielded to its ultimate customer - the American Soldier.
The Maneuver Test Directorate based at Fort Hood, Texas, conducts independent operational testing of infantry, armor, and robotic systems to inform acquisition and fielding decisions for the Army and select joint Warfighting systems. Poised, ready, and always able, the MTD has and will remain the “go to” test directorate to provide the Army Futures Command and senior U.S. Army Leadership with the truthful test feedback required to make informed decisions as to what capabilities will be brought to bear against future adversaries.
(Video produced by Mr. Tad Browning, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Test and Documentation Team)
| Date Taken: | 05.07.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.07.2019 10:08 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 677923 |
| VIRIN: | 190507-A-AB123-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_106718468 |
| Length: | 00:01:04 |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
| Downloads: | 46 |
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