ARMOURED MAINTENANCE-RECOVERY VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC F41H7/00 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to armoured maintenance-recovery vehicles (MRV) made by using tank chassis with gas-turbine engine (GTE), namely T-80 tank chassis. Maintenance vehicle includes maintenance-recovery equipment, GTE, welding network with feed circuits and control circuits, GTE start-up system including starter, power supply system of consumers of chassis or welding equipment at non-operating GTE, including auxiliary gas-turbine unit (GTU), and electrical circuits connecting electric power sources and consumers. As independent power supply of welding equipment at operating GTE there used is its starter. In welding network there formed are additional feed and control circuits connected to GTE starter. In order to provide the possibility of switching welding equipment to GTE starter at operating GTE or to GTU at non-operating GTE in power and control circuit there installed is switching unit and power contactors.

EFFECT: improving operating characteristics of the vehicle.

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