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Environmentally Compliant
Range Designs at
Ft. Hood, TXMs. Brooke E. Conway
Mr. Joseph Bush22 March22 March 20062006
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Agenda
• Purpose• Background• Project Overview• Objectives• Combat
Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions• Targetry Emplacement
Positions• Low Water Crossings• Summary
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Purpose
• To provide an overview of the demonstration/validation of
installation-approved environmentally compliant range designs at
Ft. Hood, TX, as part of the Sustainable Army Live-Fire Range
Design and Maintenance requirement (2.5.e)
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Background
• One of the four focus areas of the Army’s EQT Sustainable Army
Live-Fire Range Design and Maintenance requirement (2.5.e):• Range
Design Specifications Incorporating
Environmental Compliance• Munitions Carrying Capacity Model•
Tools for Monitoring Range Access• Range Design Risk Assessment
Model
• Product Delivery Team (PDT) comprised of USAEC, ERDC-CERL,
ATSC, ATC, and Huntsville COE
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Background (cont.)
• Product Delivery Team (PDT) analyzed current range design
elements with respect to mission, environmental degradation and
regulatory non-compliance, and operation and maintenance (O&M)
requirements
• Identified range design elements that pose an environmental
compliance risk, and then developed new designs and developed
improved range design elements for selected high-risk elements•
Tank Defilade Positions• Stationary and Mover Berm Designs• Low
Water Crossings• Range roads and trails design plans• Guidance for
range construction• Guidance to mitigate environmental concerns
during the
range siting process• Range designs will be incorporated into
Army Standard TC-25-8
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Project Overview
• The U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC) and the Range
Control Office at Ft. Hood, TX are currently implementing
installation approved retrofit and upgrade design packages
developed by the EQT PDT on their training ranges
• Established methods will be used to assess the performance of
three (3) new range designs:
1. Firing Emplacement / Defilade Position2. Moving Target Berm3.
Low Water Crossing
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Objectives
• To assess the performance of three (3) new designs• To
minimize soil erosion on Ft. Hood’s ranges• To reduce maintenance
costs • To meet range sustainability and environmental
compliance goals • To assess long-term operation and
maintenance
(O&M) requirements of existing designs, and cost
implications and impact on range down time
• The indicator of effectiveness includes the time interval
between maintenance cycles; maintenance should be at a minimum over
the test timeframe
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
Defilade Fighting Position Functional Description:
• Provides an above ground structure which replicates an actual
two-tier, dug-in (below grade) Tank or Bradley defensive fighting
position
• Provides trainers with a means to evaluate crew and platoon
defensive firing techniques, tactics, and procedures
• Provides an elevated (in some instances) firing platform which
reduces line of sight issues between the firing vehicle and the
target
• On Instrumented Ranges, provides for automated defilade
scoring sensors
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
Huntsville Army Corps of Engineers StandardDefilade Fighting
Position Design (TC-25-8)
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
Fort Hood DMPRC Defilade Fighting Position Design
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
Fort Hood DMPRC Defilade Fighting Position Design
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
Fort Hood DMPRC Defilade Fighting Position Design
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
EQT Defilade Fighting Position Design
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
EQT Defilade Fighting Position Design
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
EQT Defilade Fighting Position Design
Before After
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Combat Vehicle Defilade Fighting Positions
EQT Defilade Fighting Position DesignImprovements over standard
or existing Fort Hood design
• Less rip rap rock material• Easier maintenance of grass and
brush growth (reduces
herbicide and labor)• Will allow for easier installation and
maintenance of defilade
sensors• GeoCell/GeoWeb design reduces erosion during
establishment
of turf and during significant rain events • Stabilizes soils
during blast events where overpressure during
main gun firings damages vegetation and leaves soil susceptible
to erosion
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Targetry Emplacement Positions
Huntsville Army Corps of Engineers StandardMoving Armor Target
Berm (TC-25-8)
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Targetry Emplacement Positions
Huntsville Army Corps of Engineers StandardStationary Armor
Target Berm
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Targetry Emplacement Positions
DMPRC Target Berm
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Targetry Emplacement Positions
Stationary Armor Target BermDamage due to 120mm training
ammo
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Targetry Emplacement PositionsEQT Integrated MAT and SAT
Berm
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Targetry Emplacement PositionsEQT Integrated MAT and SAT
Berm
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Targetry Emplacement PositionsEQT Integrated MAT and SAT
Berm
• Integrates 3 SAT positions into the MAT Berm• Reduces amount
of excavation and fill required to
build all separately• Reduces overall trenching requirements for
power
and data runs• Eliminates buss bars; could be constructed
using
docking station or existing battery operated target
carriages
• Gives the trainers and alternate target for the moving target
at the same distance
• Utilizes GeoCell/GeoWeb in the lower 1/3rd of the berm to
provide soil stabilization and assist in run off capture
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Low Water Crossings
Tank Trail Conditions Prior to EQT Project
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Low Water Crossings
Tank Trail Conditions Prior to EQT Project
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Low Water Crossings
Tank Trail Low Water Crossing ProjectTrail Conditions
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Low Water Crossings
Tank Trail Low Water Crossing Project
Before After
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Low Water Crossings
Tank Trail Low Water Crossing Project
Before After
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What its all about…..
Sustaining Ranges and Training Lands for the WARFIGHTER!!
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BACK UP SLIDES
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Process
Dem/Val:• Perform Baseline Monitoring and
BMP/site assessment at test installations
• Preparation of site specific design packages. Complete by 30
Oct 05.
• Construction of designs. Complete by 30 Nov/Dec 05, weather
dependent
• Conduct performance monitoring includes (precipitation, soil
moisture, erosion/ sedimentation) and documentation.
• Validate designs Jan 06 – Dec 06
Technology Transfer: Huntsville COE, TC 25-8,
including:• Material Specs• Construction Specs• Sequence of
Construction• Sections• Profiles• Details and Notes• Legend and
Scale
AgendaPurposeBackgroundBackground (cont.)Project
OverviewObjectives