RU2851060C1 - Combat module - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: military equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the design of combat compartments for light combat vehicles. The combat module is mounted on the chassis of the combat vehicle and contains an armoured cap with a weapon system installed in it. The weapon system includes an automatic cannon paired with a machine gun, mounted in a rotating mask, a launcher with rockets and a gunner's sight. Armoured screens are installed around the perimeter of the armoured cap, the height of which reaches the weapon mask. At the front of the armoured hood, overlapping the armoured screens, additional armoured screens are fixed, the height of which reaches the roof of the armoured hood. At some distance from the launcher, an armoured screen in the form of a trapezoid is installed. The gunner's sight is placed in an armoured cover fixed to the armoured cap, made in the form of a truncated polyhedral pyramid, on one of the faces of which there are two windows for the sight's eyepieces.

EFFECT: improved armour protection for the combat module.

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Description

The invention relates to military equipment, namely to the design of combat compartments of light-weight combat vehicles.

The BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle is well known (BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Technical Description. Military Publishing House of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Moscow, 1972, p. 14). It has a fighting compartment located in the middle of the vehicle's hull between the bulkhead of the power pack and the troop seat enclosure. The fighting compartment includes a combat module consisting of an armored hood with a suspended basket. Mounted within the armored hood are a smoothbore cannon, a twin machine gun, a gun loading mechanism, a sight, control equipment, guidance drives, observation devices, an operator hatch, and a round delivery hatch.

To aim the gun and twin machine gun at the target, a periscopic combined sight and mechanisms for elevating the gun and rotating the turret are installed in the combat module.

The disadvantages of the combat module include low firing accuracy at night, low rate of fire and insufficient armor protection.

These shortcomings are partially addressed in the combat module described in Russian Patent No. 2569068, which we used as a prototype. The combat module, mounted on the combat vehicle chassis, consists of an armored hood housing a weapons system, including an automatic cannon paired with a machine gun mounted in a rotating mantlet, a missile launcher, and a gunner's sight.

The disadvantage of the described design of the combat module is the low armor protection of the gunner's cap and sight.

The objective of the proposed invention is to improve the armor protection of the combat module.

The task is accomplished by a combat module mounted on a combat vehicle chassis containing an armored cap with a weapons system installed in it, including an automatic cannon paired with a machine gun mounted in a rotating mask, a launcher with missiles and a gunner's sight, while what is new is that armored screens are installed along the entire perimeter of the armored cap at some distance from the combat vehicle chassis, the height of which reaches the weapon mask, then in the front part of the armored cap on the side of the automatic weapon, overlapping the armored screens installed along the perimeter of the armored cap, additional armored screens are fixed, the height of which reaches the roof of the armored cap, also at some distance from the launcher an armored screen is installed, made in the form of a trapezoid, and the gunner's sight is placed in an armored casing fixed to the armored cap, made in the form of a multifaceted truncated pyramid, on one of the faces of which there is two windows for the sight eyepieces.

Also, the armor screen in front of the launcher is made in the form of a trapezoid.

The proposed technical solution is explained with graphic materials, where Fig. 1 shows a general view of the combat module, Fig. 2 shows a side view of the combat module from the launcher, Fig. 3 shows a front view of the combat module, and Fig. 4 shows a rear view of the combat module.

The combat module is mounted on the chassis 14 of the combat vehicle and consists of an armored cap 1 in which an automatic cannon 2 and a machine gun 3 coaxial with it are installed. The automatic cannon and the machine gun are fixed in a rotating mask 4. The launcher 5 is located on the right side of the armored cap 1. The gunner's sight 6 is mounted on top of the armored cap. Armor screens 7 are fixed along the perimeter of the armored cap 1. Additional armor screens 8 are installed overlapping in the front part of the armored cap 1. An armor screen 9 in the form of a trapezoid is fixed in the front part of the launcher, and a rectangular screen 10 is fixed on the side. The gunner's sight 6 is placed in an armored casing 11. In the front edge of the armored casing 11 there are windows 12 and 13, combined with the eyepiece of the sight. The shape of windows 12 and 13 was chosen to ensure reliable operation of all sight channels without compromising its capabilities.

Thus, the proposed technical solution made it possible to improve the armor protection of the combat module.

Claims (2)

1. A combat module mounted on a combat vehicle chassis, comprising an armoured cap with a weapons system installed therein, including an automatic cannon paired with a machine gun, mounted in a rotating mantlet, a launcher with missiles and a gunner's sight, characterized in that armoured screens are installed along the entire perimeter of the armoured cap at a certain distance from the combat vehicle chassis, the height of which reaches the weapon mantlet, then in the front part of the armoured cap on the side of the automatic weapon, overlapping the armoured screens installed along the perimeter of the armoured cap, additional armoured screens are secured, the height of which reaches the roof of the armoured cap, an armoured screen is also installed at a certain distance from the launcher, and the gunner's sight is placed in an armoured casing secured to the armoured cap, made in the form of a multi-faceted truncated pyramid, on one of the faces of which there are two windows for the eyepieces of the sight. 2. The combat module according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the armor screen in front of the launcher is made in the form of a trapezoid.