Performance of Non-Lethal Land vehicle Arresting Devices (ED B@ Ver 1; See NATO STANAG 4729 for Agreement; To obtain please contact your national Defense Standardization Office or the NATO Standardization Office website: http:/ so.nato.int so@ Phone: +32
SCOPE AND PURPOSE This document provides guidance on appropriate measures and metrics@ for the purpose of objectively determining the technical and operational performance of non-lethal land Vehicle Arresting Devices (VADs). A VAD is a technical means specifically designed and primarily employed to deliberately stop a moving vehicle. The aim of this STANREC is to have a capability-based standard@ i.e. explicitly linking the technical performance of NLW to their purpose as a NLC. The current edition is not meant to be a standard for the qualification of VADs. Instead@ it is a common frame of reference to promote exchange and enable comparison of performance test results between nations. This document shall therefore provide a set of measures and metrics that@ when assessed@ would determine the performance of non-lethal VADs@ relevant to the capability it represents. The following general categories of non-lethal land VADs are recognized. a. Permanent VADs: devices planned and intended to be part of a comprehensive obstacle system at permanent sites to defeat vehicles. These VADs typically require heavy/specialized equipment and skilled labour for their installation@ and are constructed over a lengthy period of time (typically days/weeks). b. Deliberative VADs: devices planned and intended for use at deployed sites to defeat vehicles. These VADs can be recovered@ relocated and emplaced at other sites. These VADs require no heavy/specialised equipment and skilled labour@ and are constructed over a moderate period of time (typically hours). c. Hasty VADs: mobile devices that provide limited scale/scope defence against vehicles. These VADs require no heavy/specialised equipment and skilled labour for their installation. These VADs are quickly emplaced@ employed and recovered (typically seconds). The current edition is limited to: a. Non-lethal land VADs primarily based on mechanical technology. b. Deliberative and hasty emplaced VADs. c. Targets which are wheeled@ civil-based@ land vehicles.