Department of National Defence, Government of Canada, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), North York, Ontario M3K 2C9, Canada.
Department of National Defence Headquarters, Government of Canada, Human Factors Support Cell (HFSC), Directorate of Soldier Systems Program Management (DSSPM), Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K2, Canada.
Mil Med. 2024 Nov 5;189(11-12):e2314-e2320. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae179.
The fit of military clothing and equipment is essential for the health and safety of military operators. Given the aim of increasing the proportion of women and the known biological and morphological differences between male and female soldiers, an understanding of fit across different items of kit is needed. The aim of this study was to quantify subjective fit ratings of 8 items of military clothing and equipment, including combat shirt, combat pants, rucksack, small pack, tactical vest, fragmentation vest, helmet, and ballistic eyewear as a function of relative stature and occupational group among male and female Canadian Armed Forces members.
An online survey was distributed to male and female Canadian Armed Forces members, where fit was reported by participants according to a 7-point Likert acceptability scale. Participants were binned into 1 of 6 (3 males, 3 females) standing stature categories based on percentiles in a male and female distribution that included (1) under 35th percentile stature, (2) 35th to 80th percentile stature, and (3) over 80th percentile stature. Additionally, participants were separated according to occupational group: Group A: Infantry, Combat Engineer, Artillery, Armored; group B: Signals, Medical Technician, Intelligence, Signals Intelligence/Cyber Ops; group C: Supply Technician, Weapons Technician, Vehicle Technician, Electronic-Optronic Technician, Ammunition Technician; other: Not in other groups, examples include: Financial Services Administrator, Cook. This study was approved by the Defence Research and Development Canada Human Research Ethics Committee under protocol 2019-048, Amendment 2.
There were significant effects attributable to stature category and occupational group on the fit of equipment. Specifically, fit acceptability of the rucksack helmet, small pack, and tactical vest was significantly affected by occupational group. Differences between stature categories were detected in all items with the exception of the small pack.
Military equipment fit has previously been shown to have implications for protection, performance, and mobility. The results of the investigation demonstrate different patterns of fit acceptability in male and female soldiers across items of clothing and equipment and may require different solutions.
军事服装和装备的合身性对于军事人员的健康和安全至关重要。鉴于增加女性比例的目标以及男女士兵之间已知的生理和形态差异，需要了解不同装备的合身性。本研究的目的是量化 8 件军事服装和装备（包括作战衬衫、作战裤、背包、小包、战术背心、碎片背心、头盔和防弹眼镜）的主观合身性评分，作为相对身高和职业群体的函数在加拿大武装部队的男性和女性成员中。
一项在线调查分发给加拿大武装部队的男性和女性成员，根据 7 点可接受性量表，参与者报告了合身性。参与者根据男性和女性分布中的百分位数分为 6 个（3 个男性，3 个女性）站立身高类别：（1）身高低于 35 百分位，（2）身高 35 至 80 百分位，（3）身高超过 80 百分位。此外，参与者根据职业群体分为以下几类：A 组：步兵、工兵、炮兵、装甲兵；B 组：信号兵、医疗技术员、情报员、信号情报/网络作战员；C 组：供应技术员、武器技术员、车辆技术员、电子光学技术员、弹药技术员；其他：不属于其他群体，例如：财务服务管理员、厨师。本研究经加拿大国防研究与发展部人类研究伦理委员会批准，协议号为 2019-048，修正案 2。
装备的合身性归因于身高类别和职业群体有显著影响。具体来说，背包、头盔和战术背心的合身性可接受性受到职业群体的显著影响。除了小包之外，所有项目都检测到了身高类别之间的差异。
以前已经表明，军事装备的合身性对保护、性能和机动性有影响。调查结果表明，男女士兵在服装和装备的各个项目中存在不同的合身性接受模式，可能需要不同的解决方案。
