scope:

This NATO/PfP UNCLASSIFIED AEP-62 Volume 1 is part of a document series, as laid down in AEP-62 from STANAG 4686 "PERFORMANCE LEVELS OF DEFENSIVE AIDS SUITES (DAS) FOR ARMOURED VEHICLES".

The AEP-62 is divided into the following Volumes:

Volume 1 DAS threat classification (this volume)

Volume 2 Hard kill DAS performance levels

Volume 3 Soft kill DAS performance assessment

Volume 4 Other effective sensors and countermeasure actions assessment

Volume 5 Injury criteria and tolerance level, fragments and pressure

Volume 6 Injury criteria and tolerance level, laser Volume 7 Procedure for the assessment of the integration Volume 8 Other effects and injury criteria (non blast, non fragments and non laser)

Volume 1 provides representative threat descriptions in order to determine performance levels of DAS. The potential threats, as defined in STANAG 4686, are classified as follows:

• Anti-Tank Rockets (ATRs), covered in this edition

• Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs), covered in this edition

• Chemical Energy (CE) rounds, not covered in this edition

• Kinetic Energy (KE) rounds, not covered in this edition

• Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), not covered in this edition

Where stated in this document, the National Authority (NA) is an appointed expert.