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APS Requirement |
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BH-1
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1. Armour Protection System (APS)
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Primary Performance Characteristic |
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BH-2 |
1.1. Armour Protection System - General |
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BH-37
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All variants of the vehicle shall be
able to accept the
installation of the APS as described in this Appendix |
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BH-3 |
1.2. Vehicle Operation |
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BH-4
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All vehicle systems, sub-systems and functions shall
operate properly with the APS installed. |
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BH-50
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All requirements satisfied by the vehicle without APS
installed shall also be satisfied when the APS is installed unless
stated otherwise in this
Appendix. |
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BH-19 |
1.3. APS Installation |
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BH-38
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The APS shall be provided such that it can be installed
on a vehicle
by two soldiers working in an army field workshop environment
within a maximum of
eight (8) hours. Other than material handling
equipment to lift or support components of the APS, no
other
special tools shall be permitted. |
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BH-6
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1.4. Threat Level Protection The APS shall protect
vehicle cab
occupants from injury or death in case of attack from the assessed
threats. The protection
level requirements are as follows: |
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BH-7
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The APS shall provide protection from the KE and Artillery
Threat
Level 3 IAW STANAG 4569. Qualification will be conducted IAW
NATO publication AEP-55 (Vol 1).
The alternative multi-hit proce-
dure (Refer to paragraph A2.4 of Appendix 2 to NATO publication
AEP-55
Vol 1) shall be used to validate the KE and Artillery Threat
compliance of the transparent armour components of
the APS. |
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BH-8
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The APS shall provide protection from Grenade and Blast
Mine
Threat Level 2a IAW STANAG 4569. Qualification will be conduct-
ed IAW NATO publication AEP-55
(Vol 2). |
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BH-67
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The APS shall provide protection from Grenade and Blast
Mine
Threat Level 2b IAW STANAG 4569. Qualification will be conduct-
ed IAW NATO publication AEP-55 (Vol 2). |
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BH-29 |
1.5. APS Equipped Vehicle Cab |
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BH-32
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The external rearview mirrors, supplied as part of the
vehicle APS,
shall be capable of being adjusted and defrosted without having to
exit the vehicle
cab. |
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BH-75
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Each door shall be provided with a lock on the vehicle
interior. A
mechanism to open each door from the exterior without assistance
from the cab occupants,
while all locks are engaged, shall be pro-
vided. The exterior mechanism shall require the use of
on-board
tools to operate. |
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BH-24
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Defrost characteristics for the armoured cab shall be the
same as
those for the unarmoured, standard cab. |
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BH-28
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All ballistic glass used in the Armour Protection System
shall allow
use of Image Intensification ... night vision equipment by the crew. |
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BH-56
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Stowage provisions for any of the equipment listed in
Appendix
BA stowed within the cab compartment shall be positively secured
to prevent them from being
dislodged in an attack. The equipment
includes, but is not necessarily limited to, personal weapons, fire
extinguisher, NBC decontamination kit, first aid kit and communi-
cations equipment. |
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BH-58
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The cab roof shall be suitable for mounting a weapon
station
weighing no more than a total of 100 kg and containing a weapon
of a calibre not to exceed
7.62 mm. |
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BH-57 |
1.6. Roof Hatch |
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BH-69
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The roof of the vehicle cab shall be provided with a
circular hatch.
The hatch shall be provided as a means of egress by or access to
cab occupants during
emergency operations. |
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BH-70
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The hatch shall be provided with a lock on the vehicle
interior. The
level of effort required to operate the lock and open the hatch for
any vehicle
orientation shall not exceed the force requirements as
indicated in paragraph 5.7.7.2.2 of
MIL-STD-1472. |
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BH-71
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The dimensions of the hatch opening shall not be less than
those
indicated in paragraph 5.7.7.3 of MIL-STD-1472. |
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BH-72
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A mechanism to open the hatch from the exterior without
assist-
ance from the cab occupants, while all locks are engaged, shall be
provided. The exterior
mechanism shall require the use of on-board
tools to operate. |
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BH-76 |
1.7. Run Flat Inserts |
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BH-77
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The APS shall be provided with run flat / beadlock inserts
for
installation in all wheel assemblies on the vehicle including the
spare. The time to install the
run flat inserts is not included as
part of the APS Installation time requirement. |
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BH-20 |
1.8. APS Storage and Packaging |
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BH-22
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The vehicle APS shall be packaged in a maximum of three
(3)
reusable, stackable containers. |
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BH-51 |
1.9. APS Requirement Deviations |
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BH-52
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The vehicle with APS installed may not necessarily meet
all
Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS). |
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BH-54
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The vehicle with APS installed may not necessarily be
air-trans-
portable on a CC-130 [Lockheed Hercules] (Ref Para 2.6, Annex B). |
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BH-59 |
2. Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) |
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BH-60 |
2.1. Standard Design |
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BH-65
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The installation of the ECM shall not affect the
performance of the
vehicle (Annex B) or the Communications Systems (Appendix BC).
The ECM shall be
located no closer than one (1) meter from the
communications equipment. The location shall be assessed by
the
Crown at the first design review and required changes shall be
made by the contractor prior to
acceptance. |
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BH-61 |
2.2. Space / Mounting |
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BH-64
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The vehicle with APS shall be provided with the space and
mount-
ing provisions for the installation of Electronic Counter Measures
consisting of one (1) Mobile
Counter Measures (MCM) unit on the
cab interior and four (4) antennas on the cab exterior. |
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BH-66
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[ECM] comprised of the following components and weighs 48.5
Kg;
• Qty 1, Mobile Counter Measure (MCM) unit: 13.34 cm high X
81.28 cm deep
X 48.26 cm wide;
• Qty 4, Antenna
• Qty 4, Antenna Adapter; and
• Cables. |
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BH-62 |
2.3. Electrical Power |
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BH-63
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The vehicle with APS shall be provided with an electrical
receptacle
in the cab interior rated to 80 amps at 24 volts protected with a
circuit breaker. The
receptacle shall include a connector IAW xxxxxx
[ #s omitted ] and a protective cover IAW xxxx (Ref DND Dwg xxxx). |
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BH-40 |
3. Armour Protection System (APS) -
Enhanced
Performance Characteristics |
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BH-41 |
3.1. Vehicle Operation |
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BH-55
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The vehicle shall be air-transportable on the CC-130 with
the APS
installed. [ Note that ID BH-55 contradicts ID BH-54 listed above.] |
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BH-43 |
3.2. APS Installation |
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BH-44
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The APS shall be provided such that it can be installed on
a vehicle
by two soldiers working in an army field workshop environment
within a maximum of four (4)
hours. [ BH-38 lists APS installation in
8 hours.] Other than material handling equipment to lift
or support
components of the APS, no other special tools shall be permitted. |
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BH-45 |
3.3. Threat Level Protection |
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BH-12
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The APS shall provide protection from the KE and Artillery
Threat
Level 4 IAW STANAG 4569. [ Level 3 listed in BH-7.] Qualification
will be conducted IAW NATO
publication AEP-55 (Vol 1). The alt-
ernative multi-hit procedure (Refer to paragraph A2.4 of Appendix 2
to NATO publication AEP-55 (Vol 1)) shall be used to validate the
KE and Artillery Threat compliance of the
transparent armour com-
ponents of the APS. |
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BH-13
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The APS shall provide protection from Grenade and Blast
Mine
Threat Level 3a IAW STANAG 4569. [BH-8: Level 2a] Qualification
will be conducted IAW NATO
publication AEP-55 (Vol 2). |
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BH-68 |
The APS shall provide protection from Grenade and Blast
Mine
Threat Level 3b IAW STANAG 4569.[BH-67 lists Level 2a] Quali-
fication will be conducted IAW
NATO publication AEP-55 (Vol 2). |
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BH-73
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The APS shall provide protection from Side Fragmentation
IED
threat "PL-19" (Secret - IED Threat and Test Requirements). |
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BH-74
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The APS shall provide protection from Side Blast IED
threat
"PL-23" (Secret - IED Threat and Test Requirements). |
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BH-46 |
3.4. APS Equipped Vehicle Cab |
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BH-34
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The vehicle shall provide a method for the driver to pass
docu-
ments such as passports to the vehicle exterior without having to
open the door or exit the
vehicle. |
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BH-25
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The windshield shall have integrally laminated, transparent,
electri-
cally powered defrosting elements to assist with defrosting of the
transparent
armour. |
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BH-27
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The view field of each section of armoured glass shall not
be re-
duced by more than 25mm around the perimeter or have an overall
reduction in transparent area of
more than twenty-percent (20%)
as compared to the view field of the related section of the standard
unarmoured glass. |
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