Marksmanship during simulated sustained operations

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1382-1385

  Johnson, Richard F ^a   Merullo, Donna J ^a   Montain, Scott J ^a   Castellani, John W ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GUNS (ARMAMENT); MILITARY OPERATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; TARGETS;

MARKSMANSHIP; SHOOTERS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0011081453     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120104501814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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