ARMORED VEHICLE, ARMORED STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONVERSION OF NONPROTECTED VEHICLE INTO ARMORED VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: vehicle has chassis, frame with load bearing beams, cab, doors in cab walls furnished with locking mechanisms and controls, seats for passengers and driver secured on load-bearing beams by means of fasteners, glazed windows, cab auxiliary equipment attachment units located on cab walls in increased rigidity places, front ARMORED wall, side, rear and top armored panel arranged inside cab over its perimeter to form protection zone for driver and passengers. ARMORED wall and ARMORED panels are interconnected by butts to form rigid ARMORED capsule arranged in cab with clearance relative to its walls. ARMORED capsule has ARMORED doors located opposite to cab doors, cantilever plates secured in lower part of ARMORED panels and ARMORED capsule position locks secured in auxiliary equipment attachment units. Free ends of cantilever plates are located between seats and load-bearing beams and are secured by seat fixing members. Apertures overlapped by sliding ARMORED shields are made in ARMORED doors opposite to cab door locking mechanisms. ARMORED glasses are secured on front ARMORED wall, ARMORED panels and ARMORED doors. EFFECT: possibility of making ARMORED vehicle from standard vehicle without modification of main structure. 16 cl, 13 dwg