Method of ground weapon effectiveness data estimation for generating combat samples

The need for weapon effectiveness data is more emphasized along the increase in applying defense modeling and simulation (DM&S) tools. Still currently Republic of Korea (ROK) army does not have sufficient preliminary data to evaluate effectiveness of weapon systems such as artillery, mortar and small arms. Hence, ROK is utilizing weapon effectiveness data from the United States. With recent increase in originally developed ROK weapon systems, requirements for M&S technologies have also increased in order to analyze the weapon effectiveness. For acquiring reliable weapon effectiveness data, experiments with maneuver weapon systems must be needed, but is limited due to man powers or cost. In this paper, we developed methods to estimate weapon effectiveness for both vulnerability and lethality not requiring any experiments. For estimating vulnerability, we analyze the physical characteristics which have direct impact on vulnerability. Then we categorize and group by casualty types and apply weighted value in order to calculate the vulnerability multiplier. Approach for estimating lethality is based on a set of rule associated with critical variables related to ability of making losses against target.