Can a tank 'umbrella' protect the turret of a main battle tank?

• Authors: Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

Title variants

PL

Czy czołgowy „parasol” może chronić wieżę czołgu podstawowego?

Abstracts

PL

Tocząca się wojna rosyjsko-ukraińska udowodniła potrzebę wynalezienia konstrukcji chroniącej czołg podstawowy, zwłaszcza jego wieżę, przed zniszczeniem przez bombę albo inny ładunek wybuchowy zrzucon z góry. Niniejszy komunikat z badań opisuje jeden z możliwych pomysłów – czołgowy „parasol”, który zapewnia, przynajmniej w teorii, ochronę wieży czołgu i czołgistów.

EN

In response to the destruction of the hatch of main battle tanks, as has been evidenced in the on-going Russo-Ukrainian War, when a bomb or other explosive device is dropped onto the tank or its turret from above, a protective structure that deflects the device from causing harm to the turret – and thus the tankers – is desirable. This concept paper discusses one possibility: a tank 'umbrella', which offers, at least in theory, protection to the turret and tankers.

Keywords

EN

anti-tank guided missile; turret; turret hatch; turret ring; unmanned aerial vehicle

PL

przeciwpancerny pocisk kierowany; wieża; właz wieży; pierścień wieży; bezzałogowy statek powietrzny

• Publisher: Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Journal: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 4(210)
• Pages: 361-366

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

• Independent researcher

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0054.1632

Biblioteka Nauki

29521128