Briefer: Mr. Cal Kolp

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TACOM QUICK RESPONSE CELL Delivering Technology
In Time To Make A Difference
Interagency Motor Equipment Advisory Committee
(IMEAC) 5 April 2001
Briefer Mr. Cal Kolp TACOM QRC
Tank-automotive Armaments COMmand

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TACOM Family of Commercial Armored
Vehicles Protecting Soldiers in CENTCOM,
SOUTHCOM, EUCOM (Also used by Senior Defense
Officials and DOS)
(LACV/SAV/FAV)

• Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ)
  Contracts
• Multiple manufacturers
• A variety of makes and models available (foreign
  and domestic)
• Customized to meet requirements
• Requirements contract for Mercedes-Benz and BMW

• Light Armored Commercial Vehicle (LACV)
  provides handgun level (9mm) protection.
• Standard Armored Vehicle (SAV) provides M80
  M193 ball and a significant level of blast
  protection.
• Fully Armored Vehicle (FAV) provides 7.62mm
  NATO (M80) ball and 5.56mm (M193) ball protection
  with M67 blast protection.

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Rifle Technologies

• 7.62 Ball and 7.62 AP
• 360 X 360 coverage of crew and cargo
• Transparent and opaque armors
• Innovative new technologies
• Composite materials and molded composites
• Ceramics
• Full scale testing to identify ballistic gaps

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Blast Technologies

• Floor protection from M67 grenades
• Multi-layered technologies
• Testing of coupons in progress
• Full scale/live fire test in future

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Future Government Policies

• Common multi-agency protection standards
• Working to develop a common interagency
  testing standard
• Incorporating coupon, major component and
  full scale tests
• Leading to certified vendors