I__. - International Military Testing Association

GUTS : A BELGlAN GUNXER ?'ESTl?;G SYSTF2-I
F. LESCREVE
W. SLOWACK
CRS - Belgian Armed Forces CRS - Belgian Armed Forces
Brussels
Brussels
1. Introduction
To fclfil the need of expert-selection for gunners, the Belgian Army
has developed a selection-simulator. First a job analysis of different
weapon systems was completed. This was the base for the construction of
GUTS. Different physical and psychological stressors are important.
2. Theoretical Background
GUTS is constructed from a holistic point of view. We chose to put
the candidate gunners in a complete, real life-like situation instead of
confronting them with different subtasks from the gunners job, one at
the time.
3. Job Analysis
Following weapon systems were carefully observed to extract the
crucial taskcomponents':
- Leopard-tank
- CVRT (Combat Vehicle Reconaissance Trackted)
- GEPARD (Anti-Aircraft tank)
- HAWK (Anti-Aircraft Missile)
- JPK (Jacht Panzer Kanone)
- AIFV (Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle;
- MILAN (Missile Leger Antichar >
a. Tasks
The following tasks were common to practically all the weapon
systems.
1. Knowledge of procedures. _-
2. Ranging and target recognition.
3. Target engagement and acquisition.
4. Target identification.
5. Choice of ammunition.
6. Loading of ammunition.
7. Tracking and firing.
The working space of the gunner was measured. For the construction
of the simulator we took the average of the measures of the different
weapon systems.
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