Specifications

MII..-ST1472E2E
FOWWORD”
1. Tlis standard has been approved for use by all Departments and Agencies of the
Department of Defense.
2. This standard establishes general human engineering criteria for design and development of
Military systems, equipment and facilities. 1ts purpose is to present human engineering design criteria,
principles and practices to be applied in the design of
systems, equipment and facilities so as to:
a. Achieve required performance by operator, control and maintenance personnel
h. Minimim skill and personnel requirements and training time.
c. Achieve required reliability of personnel-equipment combinations
d. Foster design standardization within and among systems.
4. ‘Ibis standard does not alter requirements for system development participation of human
engineering specialists to interpret and implement these practices and to provide solutions to human
engineering problems which arise and which are not specifically covered herein.
5. The use of the words “shall,” “should,” “
may,” and “will” in this standard is in accordance
with MIL-STD-962, wherein “shall” expresses a provision that is binding, “should” and “may”
express non mandatory provisions, and “will” expresses a declaration of purpose or simple futurity.
6. Requirements herein are expressed in the lntemationrd System of units (S1). As a
convenience, the metric units are accompanied by their approximate customary system equivalents (in
parentheses). Angular measure is expressed in degrees unless it is necessary to speci& fractions of a
degree where milliradians are used.
7. Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which
may be of use in improving this document should k addressed to Commander, U.S. Army Missile
Command, ATTN: AMSMI-RD-SE-TD-ST, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5270 by using the self-
addressed Standardization Document Improvement Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of
this document or by letter.