METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ARMOURED PROTECTION OF TANK HULL AND TURRET AND DEVICE FOR ITS REALISATION (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC B21C37/00 F41H5/13 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for armoured protection of tank hull and turret. In proposed method armoured protection panels are installed onto deformable shock absorbers located on tank hull and turret, with the possibility of angular displacement of panels relative to tank hull or turret as attacking object interacts with armoured protection panels in direction of its motion. At the same time armoured protection panel has the area that exceeds area of cross section of attacking object, and comparable weight. Dynamic armoured protection comprises hull in the form of forebody, board and stern panels, cast or welded turret, external surface of which is arranged in the form of flat polygons forming convex spatial polyhedron, and armoured protection panels installed on external surface of hull and turret. According to one of the versions, panels are installed on hull and turret of tank on deformable shock absorbers and are fixed by screws with the possibility of angular displacement. According to the second version, armoured protection of tank is equipped with convex bodies of armoured protection. At the same time armoured protection panels with convex bodies of armoured protection are installed on tank hull and turret on deformable shock absorbers and are fixed by means of fixtures arranged inside convex bodies of armoured protection, with the possibility of angular displacement.

EFFECT: reduced dynamic loads on tank hull and turret during action of attacking object.

3 cl, 3 dwg