EP3199905A1 - Dispositif de protection d'un véhicule militaire - Google Patents

Dispositif de protection d'un véhicule militaire Download PDF

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EP3199905A1
EP3199905A1 EP17150406.1A EP17150406A EP3199905A1 EP 3199905 A1 EP3199905 A1 EP 3199905A1 EP 17150406 A EP17150406 A EP 17150406A EP 3199905 A1 EP3199905 A1 EP 3199905A1
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Robert Bayer
Walter Prieschl
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/013—Mounting or securing armour plates
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A27/00—Gun mountings permitting traversing or elevating movement, e.g. gun carriages
    • F41A27/02—Control systems for preventing interference between the moving gun and the adjacent structure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/02—Plate construction
    • F41H5/023—Armour plate, or auxiliary armour plate mounted at a distance of the main armour plate, having cavities at its outer impact surface, or holes, for deflecting the projectile
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H5/00—Armour; Armour plates
    • F41H5/02—Plate construction
    • F41H5/023—Armour plate, or auxiliary armour plate mounted at a distance of the main armour plate, having cavities at its outer impact surface, or holes, for deflecting the projectile
    • F41H5/026—Slat armour; Nets
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
    • F41H7/00—Armoured or armed vehicles
    • F41H7/02—Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks
    • F41H7/04—Armour construction

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  • the invention relates to a protective device for protecting an object, in particular a military vehicle, against attack missiles with at least one protective element and a fastening device for the arrangement of the protective element in a position spaced from the object to be protected. Further objects of the invention form a vehicle with a weapon and a protective device and a method for protecting an object with such a protective device.
  • Protective elements for protecting an object such as a vehicle or aircraft or a military building, such as a bunker or the like
  • an object such as a vehicle or aircraft or a military building, such as a bunker or the like
  • the protective elements are known in many different designs according to the respective threat situation.
  • the structure of the protective elements plays in practice, especially the arrangement of the protective elements against the object to be protected for the protection to be achieved a crucial role.
  • larger or smaller distances between the protective element and the object to be protected can also lead to completely different protective effects as a function of the respective impacting missile.
  • the protective elements are usually arranged at a greater distance in front of the object to be protected , Due to the greater distance, it is possible to use protective devices that short the ignition mechanism prior to hitting the object. The sting can no longer form, whereby the danger emanating from the shaped charge projectiles is significantly reduced.
  • Such a protective device is used for example in the WO 2004/081486 A1 described.
  • the protective element disclosed therein is arranged at a distance from a military vehicle via a fastening device configured in the manner of a telescopic spacer.
  • the invention has the object to provide a protective device for an object that allows a simple way reliable protection even when fired from higher or lower positions without the functionality of the object or arranged on the object attachments affect.
  • the fastening device comprises a lifting means, via which the protective element can be arranged at different heights relative to the object.
  • the protective element By means of the lifting means, the protective element can be moved relative to the object to be protected in accordance with the respective threat situation into a suitable protective position in which it offers good protection against attack missiles. Furthermore, it is achieved that the protective elements do not or only very little affect the functionality of the object and in particular the attachments arranged on the object, such as weapon stations, since the protective elements can be moved to those heights in which the attachments are not disturbed.
  • the lifting means it has proven to be advantageous in terms of design, if this is designed as a pivoting boom.
  • the protective element can be pivoted relative to the object in different heights, so that optionally different areas of the object can be better protected or the height of the protective element can be adapted to the threats to be feared.
  • the protective element can be moved in a structurally simple manner.
  • the pivoting arm is pivotable about a substantially horizontal pivot axis.
  • the movement about a horizontal pivot axis, one end of the pivot arm can be pivoted upwards or downwards.
  • the pivot axis can be arranged close to the object, it is preferably arranged at a distance from it, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • one end of the pivot arm extends through the pivot axis, so that only the opposite end of the pivot arm moves in the manner of a cantilevered pivot arm on a circular path.
  • the pivoting arm is designed as a beam-shaped carrier.
  • a carrier can absorb large forces, so that it is possible to arrange the protective element well in front of the object.
  • a distance between the protective element and the object in the range of 200 to 1000 mm is advantageous and particularly advantageous in the range of 400 to 800 mm.
  • the protective element is pivotally connected in an upper region with the lifting means.
  • the protective element can move relative to the lifting means.
  • the lifting means and the protective element can be coupled translationally with each other, so that a movement of the lifting means is transmitted to the protective element and a change in the height of the lifting means also causes a change in height of the protective element.
  • the lifting means is movable via a drive.
  • the drive may be a manual drive. However, it has proved to be advantageous if the drive is electrically, pneumatically or hydraulically formed.
  • the drive can also be controlled remotely from inside the object or from another safer position.
  • the drive can be adapted to the design of the lifting means, for example, the drive can be configured as a rotary actuator or as a linear drive.
  • the lifting means on the side opposite the protective element side has an adapter element for mounting on different objects.
  • the Adapter element the lifting means can always be designed the same even when used to protect various objects and the adjustment can be done alone by using a suitable adapter element.
  • the adapter element on the one hand have a coupling point for the lifting means and on the other side a variable coupling point to adapt to different objects to be protected or to various fastening devices to objects to be protected.
  • the fastening device has a guide for guiding the movement of the protective element when arranging at different heights.
  • the guide can be arranged at a distance from the object and be connected at a point away from the connection between the protective element and the lifting means with the protective element, preferably with a central or lower portion of the protective element.
  • the guide can represent a second bearing point for the protective element, so that it can be mounted on a 2-point bearing or disposed on the object.
  • the guide may have a bar-shaped spacer acting area, which leads the protective element spaced from the object.
  • the guide has a relative to the object spaced linear guide.
  • the linear guide can be connected to the beam-shaped region of the guide and therefore arranged at a predefined position with respect to the object at a distance.
  • the linear guide can allow movement in one direction, while they do not allow movement in the other directions and can be configured as a floating bearing.
  • the linear guide can support the protective element in a lower region relative to the object or arrange it at a distance therefrom. Due to the arrangement of the protective element at different heights this can slide up and down in the linear guide.
  • the arrangement of the linear guide can be such that the protective element is still guided in its highest position in the linear guide and it can not slip out of this. Furthermore, the protective element can be just so long that it is guided in its highest position with the lowest end in the linear guide.
  • the linear guide is pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis.
  • the protective element can be pivoted together with the linear guide to the suspension point of the linear guide.
  • the protective element or the upper region of the protective element is moved on a circular path, the protective element in the linear guide can move accordingly and rotate together with the linear guide.
  • the rotation of the linear guide can therefore be dependent on the pivot radius of the protective element and on the height of the protective element.
  • the protective element it has proven to be advantageous if this is designed as a protective network.
  • a protective net has been reinforced, on the one hand, to ward off hollow charges and, on the other hand, has a low weight, which leads, for example, to a low adjustment force that has to be expended in order to adjust the height of the protective net.
  • the protective net can have a frame that can interact with the lifting device and the linear guide. The mesh spacing as well as the material of the net can be adapted to the expected threats.
  • a vehicle having a protective device with at least one of the features described in relation to the protective device. This results in the already described advantages and effects.
  • the lifting means are connected to the roof area of the vehicle and the guide to a side wall of the vehicle.
  • the arrangement of the lifting means in the roof area and the spaced arrangement of the protective element can create a free space between the vehicle side wall and the protective element, in which, for example, stowage containers such as boxes or the like can be accommodated.
  • the roof fastening when the lifting means is arranged at a distance from the roof area of the vehicle. This not only allows pivoting up, but also down over the horizontal.
  • the lifting means is arranged 10 to 300 mm and more preferably 50 to 200 mm above the roof.
  • the attachment of the lifting means on the roof has a distance from the roof edge, that is offset in the direction of the vehicle center. By this distance, a large pivot radius is achieved for the protective element, so that it is moved in a nearly linear direction up and down in spite of the pivotal movement of the pivot arm. It has proved to be advantageous if the distance 20 to 700 mm and particularly advantageous if the distance is 200 to 400 mm.
  • the vehicle further comprises a lafettATOR weapon whose weapon control is coupled with the movement of the lifting means.
  • the Protective device can be pivoted depending on the directional position of the weapon, so that the weapon is not affected by the protection device.
  • the weapon disposed on the vehicle it may be necessary for the weapon disposed on the vehicle to be brought into a depression position so that fired projectiles could possibly damage the protective device, in particular, when the protective element is in an elevated position.
  • the height of the protective element on the coupling of weapon and drive from the elevation direction angle be pending, so that the protective element can be pivoted, for example, down when the weapon is also directed downwards accordingly.
  • the vehicle has a sensor for detecting a threat direction and / or for detecting the inclination of the vehicle.
  • These sensors can be coupled to the drive of the lifting means, so that the protective element can be aligned depending on the inclination and / or depending on a direction of threat and the best possible protection can be ensured.
  • a protective device of the type described above can also be transferred to a protective device of the type described above.
  • the invention is not limited to a vehicle, but for example, buildings or bunkers, where appropriate protective devices are arranged, also included.
  • Fig. 1 to 3 1 shows a protective device 1 according to the invention for protecting an object, which is a military vehicle 2 with a weapon 9 arranged on the vehicle 2, which can be directed both in elevation and in azimuth.
  • the protective device 1 according to the invention is also for the protection of other objects such as bunkers or similar. available.
  • a protective element 3 in the form of a protective net 3 is arranged at a distance in front of the vehicle 2. Due to the distance, the protective net 3 can make the shaped charge projectiles harmless even before they reach the actual vehicle armor.
  • the protective net 3 as in the Fig. 1 to 3 shown at different heights H 1 , H 2 , H 3 are arranged opposite the vehicle 2.
  • the protective net 3 since it may happen due to this height adjustment that the protective net 3 can be located in the firing range of the weapon 9, in particular when the weapon 9 is in a depression position, the height of the protective net 3 and the elevation angle of the weapon 9 must be adapted to each other be, as will be explained below.
  • the fastening device 4 via which the protective net 3 is arranged at a distance and movable relative to the vehicle 2, consists essentially of two elements, one of which is connected to the upper region of the protective net 3 and one to the middle or lower region of the protective net 3.
  • the protective mesh 3 In the upper part of the protective mesh 3 is hingedly connected to a ausgestaltetem as a pivoting boom 5 lifting means 5.
  • the pivoting arm 5 is arranged on the roof of the vehicle 2 for adaptation to different vehicles at the opposite end via an adapter element 10 which will be described in more detail below.
  • the protective mesh 3 As shown in the illustrations of Fig. 1 to 3 is shown, are moved up and down when it is pivoted about the pivot axis S.
  • the pivot axis S is not arranged directly on the roof of the vehicle 2, but offset by about 100 mm upwards. This makes it possible that the protective net 3 or the pivoting arm 5 in its lowest position H 3 , as in Fig. 3 is shown, can be pivoted further down than would be the case with an arrangement directly on the roof. Furthermore, the pivot axis S is not arranged directly in the region of the roof edge, but this is offset in the direction of the vehicle center. Due to this arrangement, the swing arm 5 is longer than the distance between the protective element 3 and the vehicle 2, resulting in a large swing circle, so that the stroke by which the protective element 3 can be raised, is correspondingly large.
  • the adapter element 10 serves to adapt the protective device 1 or the pivoting arm 5 to different roof fastenings.
  • the protective device 1 can be used for different types of vehicles, which is advantageous if the protective device 1 is to be used as a retrofit solution for a large number of different vehicles 2.
  • a guide 7 with a side wall of the vehicle 2.
  • These Guide 7 consists essentially of two elements, namely a support 8 and a pivotally mounted thereto linear guide 6.
  • the protective net 3 is slidably mounted in the linear guide 6 and rotatable together with this about its pivot axis S2.
  • the distance between the vehicle 2 and the corresponding side wall of the vehicle 2 and the protective element 3 is set to about 300 mm.
  • the protective net 3 is infinitely movable between the lowest position H 3 and the highest position H 1 .
  • this is connected via a coupled to the pivot arm 5 drive 11, which is designed as a pivot drive 11.
  • the pivot arm 5 can be rotated about the pivot axis S and thus the protective net 3 between the highest position H 1 and the lowest position H 3 are moved.
  • the connection point between the protective net 3 and the pivoting arm 5 thereby moves on the circular path shown in dashed lines in the figures.
  • position H 3 is the protective net 3 in the lowest position, so that the roof area of the vehicle 2 is not protected by the protective net 3.
  • the protective net 2 extends in this position very far down, so that this is partially arranged in front of the drive of the vehicle 2.
  • This position is therefore to be preferred, in particular, when the vehicle 2 is at the edge of a slope or the like, so that primarily there is a risk of bombardment from below.
  • the weapon can also be transferred into a depression position without the protective net 3 being located in the firing area of the weapon 9. Therefore, in this protective network position, a bombardment of targets in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle 2 can take place.
  • the protective mesh 3 is pivoted upwards as far as possible, as shown in the illustration of Fig. 2 can be seen.
  • H 1 attacking missiles striking obliquely from above can also be intercepted with the protective net 3 or their effect can be weakened, in which case, however, the directional range of the weapon 9 is restricted.
  • the vehicle 2 has position sensors, with the aid of which the protective net position is automatically regulated and adapted to the inclined position of the vehicle 2.
  • the drive 11 of the pivot arm 5 is for this purpose connected to a corresponding control unit, which determines the best possible protection network position due to the vehicle position, the current threat situation and the directional angle of the weapon 9 and the protective network 3 automatically transferred to this position.
  • the vehicle 2 can be protected in the best possible manner against attack missiles in various positions and positions, without reducing the directivity of the weapon 9 and thus the firepower of the vehicle 2.

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