The system consists of HMMWV M1025 Truck crew trainers operating on a simulated battlefield to support crew gunnery and convoy operations training. The VCOT is a medium-fidelity critical task trainer for convoy crew members. Crewmembers are not limited by fixed screen projections they have a complete and continuous view of the entire virtual world around them as they would under real combat conditions.
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The VCOT assists in ensuring that soldiers are trained to anticipate/react to ambushes and other insurgent actions from all possible directions by allowing the crew to observe, maneuver, and fire their weapons through a full 360 degree circumference. The VCOT provides training for convoys under realistic conditions through various terrain databases. (3) The EST 2000 has the capabilities to utilize a Close Combat Optic (CCO) and Backup Iron Sight (BIS) on select weapons. This system is also capable of conducting limited visibility training, replicating various environmental conditions, and when appropriate the training can be escalated.
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This system is used primarily as indoor multipurpose, multilane, small arms, weapons training simulators with the following capabilities: (1) The EST 2000 is not a replacement for traditional live fire training, but training enhancers, which are economical to operate and capable of providing safe training regardless of weather.(2) The weapons used on these systems are not capable of firing live rounds, holding actual magazines or chambering live rounds, however, actual function and operation is the same as real weapons, to include amounts of ammunition that can be fired before reloading is required. VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS FORT INDIANTOWN GAP SIMULATIONSĮngagement Skills Trainer (EST 2000) is a computer-based weapons trainer simulating weapons training events which can lead to collective live fire exercises and individual/crew served weapons qualification.