The Cost-Effectiveness of Armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for Overseas U.S. Army Operations
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Rohlfs, Chris
Sullivan, Ryan
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2011-07
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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This study uses For Official Use Only data on U.S. military operations to evaluate the large-scale Army policies to replace relatively light Type 1 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles (TWVs) with more heavily protected Type 2 variants and later to replace Type 2s with more heavily protected Type 3s. We find that Type 2 TWVs reduced fatalities at $1.1 million to $24.6 million per life saved, with our preferred cost estimates falling below the $7.5 million cost-effectiveness threshold, and did not reduce fatalities for administrative and support units. We find that replacing Type 2 with Type 3 TWVs did not appreciably reduce fatalities and was not cost-effective.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1916818
The series is intended to convey the preliminary results of [DRMI] ongoing research. The research described in these papers is preliminary and has not completed the usual review process for Institute publications. We welcome feedback from readers and encourage you to convey your comments and criticisms directly to the authors.
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1916818
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