MULTIPURPOSE ARMORED CATERPILLAR CHASSIS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: armored engineering, in particular, military caterpillar trucks of various purpose. SUBSTANCE: the body overall dimensions are made with a length-to-width ratio within 3.7-3.9 with the value of coefficients of volumetric efficiency Keff=0.73-0.80, mass efficiency Keff=0.41-0.48 and volumetric-mass efficiency of the chassis Keff=0.30-0.38. The body cover is made detachable and provided with attachment members for installation of one of the functional modules such as the armored tank turret with rocket-gun armament, turret with an artillery mount, turret with an antiaircraft mount, rotary platform with a transport-launching container of the fighting vehicle of the salvo-fire jet-driven system, platform with an equipment of the transport-loading vehicle, etc. Provision is made for installation of a detachable working equipment and interchangeable power units. EFFECT: produced multipurpose armored chassis with protection at the level of the main tank and optimum volume-mass parameters. 4 cl, 18 dwg