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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	Sept. 17, 1987
Report No.	PEMD-87-22
Subject	Ground warfare Antitank weapons Military land vehicles Military materiel Military procurement Missile warheads Testing Weapons research and development Defense capabilities Advanced Antiarmor Weapon System-Medium AT-4 Weapon System Dragon Missile Fiber Optic Guided Missile High Energy Antiarmor Warhead M72 Light Antiarmor Weapon Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon Weapons systems Combat readiness

Summary:

In response to a congressional request, GAO assessed the Department of Defense's (DOD) infantry antitank weapons' capabilities to determine the: (1) probability of hitting targets; (2) probability of a target kill; (3) rate of fire; (4) fire sustainability; and (5) infantry and weapons survivability.

GAO found that there was no information available: (1) on many of the elements that could degrade hit probability, since DOD did not routinely cover them in its performance estimates; (2) on the degrading effect of reactive armor on the performance of light weapons; (3) on how combat stress could degrade rates of fire; and (4) to compare attrition rates for each weapon under the same test conditions. GAO believes that its analytical framework could help organize weapon performance data in the acquisition of antitank weapons.

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Antitank Weapons: Current and Future Capabilities