casper

CASPER was developed for the DLO and enables the performance of potential designs of personal protective armour systems to be compared and assessed in terms of the potential reduction in casualties when facing various threats, either under operational conditions in battle or during explosive ordnance disposal.

Features of the model include:

• A set of standard men in standing, seated, kneeling and prone positions
• Pre-defined components from which personal armour designs can be assembled
• Interactive facilities for customising armour designs and the man’s position, or for specifying additional shielding from walls, terrain and equipment
• A database of around 40 typical warhead threats ranging in size from a small hand grenade up to a 1000lb bomb, plus single KE penetrators (single fragments, small arms fire, etc)
• Ability to specify the ballistic protection properties of armour from experimental trials data
• Assessment tools for penetration and blast effects
• Various facilities for presentation of the results, including graphics