COMBAT TANK Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC F41H7/02 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to the area of tank construction. The combat tank contains an armored box frame and rotating gun turret. The turret is performed in the form of a semi-sphere with an angling collar in the area of equatorial plane. There are clamps evenly installed around the turret on the top of the frame; they hang over the turret collar in a cantilever manner. An armored ring consisting of separate segments, which overlap the gap between the turret and the frame, is installed behind the clamps coaxially to the turret. Each segment of the armored ring has the internal hollow with an explosive charge. The armored ring segments are secured on the top of the frame in the gaps between the clamps, and there are protective sheds installed in front of the clamps from the side of a damaging source exposure. The armored ring segments and protective sheds of the clamps have containers with explosive reactive armor on their external side.

EFFECT: method of armor protection improvement of a tank.

4 cl, 4 dwg