METHOD OF MASKING MOBILE OBJECTS WITH ARTIFICIAL VEGETATION, APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL BRANCHES AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING BRANCHES TO MOBILE OBJECT FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F41H3/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: method of masking mobile objects with artificial vegetation involves distributing and attaching artificial branches using a net or clamps mounted on the object, wherein the ratio of the area D of the sum of projections of the vegetation protruding beyond the outline of the object on a plane to the projection of the area of that object on the area is selected maximally possible in the range 0<D≤0.5 and the weight of the vegetation P_v, used for masking is limited by the allowable margin of load bearing capacity P_b, of the mobile object P_v≤P_b. The ratio of the area T of the sum of the projection of leaves and/or branches of coniferous trees lying on the object on the an even surface to the sum of projections of openings in the volume of vegetation is selected close to or equal to T≤100%. The leaves in the volume of the mask, formed by artificial vegetation, is distributed in at least 2-3 volume-distributed layers, each forming said T≤100% projection, and elements of the mask of vegetation protruding beyond the mobile object are made curvilinear with density of at least T≥75…80%, which provides reliable deformation of contours of the mobile object. The composition of elastic or elastic element-containing frame of the material from which elements of the artificial vegetation are made includes and/or the back side of the leaves of said vegetation is coated with radar-absorbent and/or radar-scattering or radar-reflecting additive in form of a film, metal-coated of graphite sputtering, woven or non-woven, or chopped fibres, including with a different length of cutting the fibres.

EFFECT: high reliability of implementation and efficiency of the method of masking mobile objects with artificial vegetation by reducing the probability of recognition of the masked object owing to recommended arrangement of vegetation thereon, as well as owing to high making effect of the artificial vegetation and high making effect of the artificial vegetation in radar and infrared wavelength ranges.

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