CHASSIS OF MILITARY CRAWLER VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B62D55/00 F41H7/00 

FIELD: armoured material.

SUBSTANCE: according to invention, three-roller, four-roller, five-roller or six-roller chassis contains aluminium body, compact power unit with V-type internal combustion engine and central mechanical transmission, hydropneumatic suspension with steplessly adjustable clearance and built-in hydraulic shock absorbers and turnable water-jet propellers of "screw-in-head" type with maximum use of members and assembly units of base five-roller vehicle as to body, engine-transmission unit, water-jet propellers, running gear, working place of drive-mechanic and controls designed with minimum mass, but meant for use in machines with maximum mass.

EFFECT: simplified and reduced cost of production and maintenance of multipurpose armoured floating military crawler vehicles of light category as to mass, adapted for landing and transportation by aircraft.

3 cl, 11 dwg