During their service life legacy ground weapon systems can suffer from corrosion deterioration either
due to a lack of, damage to or depletion of corrosion control systems installed during original
manufacturing. As these vehicles are being refurbished in RESET programs there is the opportunity to
restore or upgrade the corrosion control systems of these assets. During the repair of these vehicles the
systems are largely disassembled, cleaned to bare metal and repainted / reassembled to like-new
condition. With such major disassembly already occurring improved coatings and corrosion resistant
parts can be readily incorporated into the system during this repair. This will result in a weapon system
that has an extended service life as compared to one where repair only incorporates the use of the
Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC) paint systems. This paper presents the in-progress work of
an OSD project to evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing high purity electroplated aluminum, chip
resistant polyurethane coatings and other corrosion control technologies on US Army and Marine Corps
ground weapon systems. This is an update to the 2009 DoD Corrosion Conference paper titled,
“Upgrading Corrosion Control Technologies During System RESET.”
Keywords: RESET, rebuild, corrosion, coatings, Stryker, aluminum, polyurea, chip resistant coating,
zinc-rich coating, metalizing