TOP-10-2-512, TEST OPERATIONS PROCEDURE: COLD REGIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER EQUIPMENT (17-OCT-2011) [SUPERSEDING TOP 10-2-509, DTD 05-MAY-1980; TOP 10-4-005, DTD 26-NOV-1969; TOP 10-4-007, DTD 10-JUL-1969; TOP 10-4-008, DTD 16

TOP-10-2-512, TEST OPERATIONS PROCEDURE: COLD REGIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER EQUIPMENT (17-OCT-2011) [SUPERSEDING TOP 10-2-509, DTD 05-MAY-1980; TOP 10-4-005, DTD 26-NOV-1969; TOP 10-4-007, DTD 10-JUL-1969; TOP 10-4-008, DTD 16-JUN-1969; and TOP 10-4-009, DTD 28-NOV-1969]., ., This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) provides specific and general procedures for testing individual Soldier equipment in a cold regions environment. The common characteristics of a cold region are cold temperatures, strong seasonality with distinct changes in insolation (solar radiation energy), frozen atmospheric moisture, frozen ground, and freeze/thaw of water. These characteristics have moderate to high-risk impacts on the survivability of the individual Soldier and are best addressed through natural environmental testing. Methods for testing individual Soldier equipment for the effect of these cold-regions characteristics are the primary goal of this TOP.