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 === Rationalle === === Rationalle ===
-A RAN-D test of initial production vehicles is, in fact, a scientific experiment where a test sample of vehicles is selected at random from a production line and subjected to the environment in which the vehicle must survive after it is introduced to the field. During the test all the support training, manuals, special tools and test equipment available were employed to evaluate them before introduction. During the test the vehicles performed the mission for which they were designed, over the types of terrain they will experience. They were driven by non-trade drivers (male and female), regular force and militia from various units in Canada. The purpose of the test was to determine if the vehicles could meet the RAM-D specifications, which are part of the contract, and to detect any mechanical, human engineering, safety and maintainability deficiencies. Solutions to any deficiencies are immediately sought and incorporated into the test vehicles for further testing. If they are successful then these same modifications are applied to the production vehicles. The result of all this effort is a fielded vehicle with most of the defects ironed out. This should lead to greater user satisfaction and a substantially reduced requirement for costly retrofit modification programs. +A RAM-D test of initial production vehicles is, in fact, a scientific experiment where a test sample of vehicles is selected at random from a production line and subjected to the environment in which the vehicle must survive after it is introduced to the field. During the test all the support training, manuals, special tools and test equipment available were employed to evaluate them before introduction. During the test the vehicles performed the mission for which they were designed, over the types of terrain they will experience. They were driven by non-trade drivers (male and female), regular force and militia from various units in Canada. The purpose of the test was to determine if the vehicles could meet the RAM-D specifications, which are part of the contract, and to detect any mechanical, human engineering, safety and maintainability deficiencies. Solutions to any deficiencies are immediately sought and incorporated into the test vehicles for further testing. If they are successful then these same modifications are applied to the production vehicles. The result of all this effort is a fielded vehicle with most of the defects ironed out. This should lead to greater user satisfaction and a substantially reduced requirement for costly retrofit modification programs. 
  
 === Design of the RAM-D Test === === Design of the RAM-D Test ===
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 As stated in the ILTIS Main Contract, if the vehicle fails to meet the RAM-D test requirement, the manufacturer has to modify the vehicles and new vehicles have to be tested with a higher Test Performance Requirement. An ILTIS Reliability Re-Test was conducted in LETE Ottawa from 13 May until 28 May 1985. In order to facilitate the operation of the test, maximum use of drivers and vehicle technicians during RAM-D was necessary. As stated in the ILTIS Main Contract, if the vehicle fails to meet the RAM-D test requirement, the manufacturer has to modify the vehicles and new vehicles have to be tested with a higher Test Performance Requirement. An ILTIS Reliability Re-Test was conducted in LETE Ottawa from 13 May until 28 May 1985. In order to facilitate the operation of the test, maximum use of drivers and vehicle technicians during RAM-D was necessary.
  
-=== ILTIS Reliability Re-Test — Results+=== ILTIS Reliability Re-Test — Results ===
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 | Total Kilometers Driven | 32,918.5 km | | Total Kilometers Driven | 32,918.5 km |
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 === Retrofit Arising from RAN-D Test === === Retrofit Arising from RAN-D Test ===
-Following both RAM-D and RAN-D retest, a series of modifications have been implemented on the assembly line for the 800 vehicles that are not already built. The majority of the vehicles are still sitting in the yard at Bombardier’s plant in Valcourt, Quebec where another line is now operating to retrofit these vehicles with the following modifications:+Following both RAM-D and RAM-D re-test, a series of modifications have been implemented on the assembly line for the 800 vehicles that are not already built. The majority of the vehicles are still sitting in the yard at Bombardier’s plant in Valcourt, Quebec where another line is now operating to retrofit these vehicles with the following modifications:
  
   - Fuel pump replacement.   - Fuel pump replacement.