RU1839908C - Highly mobile multi-purpose troop vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: self-propelled transport facilities.

SUBSTANCE: proposed vehicle has load-bearing body, engine, transmission, sectionalized saloon of combat compartment and control section with motor compartment. Driver's seat and engine are located in zone between front wheel arches. Longitudinal axis of engine is located at angle relative to longitudinal, vertical and horizontal planes of vehicle; vertical axis of engine is located at angle relative to vehicle side where engine is mounted. Commander's position is located behind driver's seat and is shifted to opposite side.

EFFECT: simplified construction of transmission, smooth distribution of load, enhanced stability, possibility of delivery of fire all directions.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of self-propelled vehicles, namely, automobiles.

A car is known in which the driver’s workplace is located between the engine and the loading platform [1].

In such a car, space along the length of the car is irrationally used, the mass of the car increases, the maneuverability and visibility of the road deteriorate, and the length of the loading platform decreases.

A car is known in which the driver’s cab is located above the front wheels, the engine located between the wheels occupies part of the driver’s cab [2].

The disadvantage of this car is its high height.

When the armored hull significantly increases its mass and decreases resistance to rollover. The driver's cab closes the front sector for firing from the cargo compartment, the car is easily detected on the ground.

These vehicles with a loading platform have a drawback - highly specialized use, limited mainly by the transport of goods and personnel. Cars are not protected from enemy fire, cannot be used efficiently enough for the rapid transportation of personnel and various weapons, as well as for the rapid organization and firing in all directions.

Known armored personnel carrier [3], which also has a highly specialized purpose, namely the transportation of personnel and the conduct of hostilities.

An armored personnel carrier is not very effective when used as a cargo, ambulance, etc. vehicle, to expand its capabilities requires the creation of modifications that differ in the design of the armored hull, the size and location of the hatches, a complete set of devices that provide combat and operational qualities.

The above disadvantages of cars and armored personnel carriers make it necessary to have different types of vehicles to perform various tasks, which reduces the degree of their use, increases the size of the fleet of vehicles and makes it difficult to supply spare parts.

The aim of the present invention is to develop a highly mobile army multipurpose vehicle having a combat (cargo) compartment with maximum dimensions with minimum external dimensions, high rollover resistance, high maneuverability, low silhouette, simple construction and low weight, capable of moving at high speed on any road and off-road, providing the opportunity for personnel to quickly organize and fire in all directions, suitable for transporting personnel and cargo s, for the installation of various equipment, as an ambulance, for the installation of heavy infantry and personal artillery weapons, for use as an armored personnel carrier.

The goal is achieved by the fact that in the proposed car, the driver’s seat and the engine are located in the area between the niches of the front wheels, the driver’s seat is on the left (with right-hand traffic taken) from the engine, the engine is installed at an angle to the longitudinal vertical and horizontal planes of the car, the vertical axis of the engine is tilted to the board where it is located, and the commander’s seat is located behind the driver’s seat and is shifted in the opposite direction from the engine.

The transmission is located with an offset to the left side of the car, the front drive axle is installed under the driver's seat, and the fighting compartment occupies the entire rear of the car. The car body is made open from above, that is, formed by the panels of the bottom and sides of the side, front and rear. The height of the sides is chosen to be the minimum necessary to ensure buoyancy of the car. The housing is divided into two parts by a transverse partition. The wheels are outside the sides of the hull; in the zone between the wheels, the lower part of the hull is widened.

Signs of the layout of the engine, transmission, combat and transport departments distinguish the claimed technical solution from the prototype, which ensures its compliance with the criterion of "novelty."

An additional search for other technical solutions with a set of features that distinguish the claimed object from the prototype was not found, which allows us to judge the presence of significant differences.

The proposed car is shown in the drawings, where:

figure 1 is a side view of the car;

figure 2 is a top view;

figure 3 is a front view;

figure 4 - options for the intended use of the car.

The vehicle contains a supporting body 1 with a transverse 2 and a longitudinal 3 partitions and wheel niches 4, a fighting compartment 5, which serves to accommodate personnel, cargo, weapons, a control compartment 6 with a driver’s seat 7 and a commander’s seat 8 displaced to the left relative to the driver’s place and a motor compartment 9. An engine 10 is installed in the engine compartment, the longitudinal axis of which is located at an angle α to the horizontal plane of the car and at an angle β to the longitudinal vertical plane of the car, and the vertical axis at an angle γ to the vertical oskosti. The transmission 11 is located under the floor of the fighting compartment and the control compartment with an offset to the left, the front drive axle 12 is located under the driver's seat.

Figure 4 shows examples of the use of the car: 13 - cargo in the fighting compartment, 14 - transportation of personnel, 15 - machine gun, grenade launcher, launcher and other heavy infantry weapons, 16 - gun, mortar, launcher and other light artillery weapons, 17 - various equipment placed in the van, 18 - removable armor plates.

The location of the engine and the driver’s seat between the niches of the front wheels, when the engine is on the right and the driver on the left (when taking right-hand traffic), can reduce the length and base of the car with large dimensions of the fighting compartment and at the same time get a low silhouette of the car, improved maneuverability, better stability due to low center of mass, better visibility for the driver.

The location of the engine at an angle to the longitudinal vertical and horizontal planes of the car allows you to get enough space to accommodate the driver by shifting its front to the starboard side, away from the driver, and shifting the rear of the engine to the left and down allows the transmission to be simple and compact and uniform load distribution on the right and left wheels of the car. The tilt of the engine in the transverse plane allows you to get more space in the area of the driver’s shoulders. The commander’s seat 8 is located outside the niche of the front wheels and is shifted to the left relative to the driver’s seat, which allows to obtain sufficient space to accommodate the commander, as well as to keep the forward view convenient for the commander.

With the proposed arrangement of the vehicle’s aggregates and the driver’s and commander’s seats, the silhouette height of the vehicle’s body in the engine compartment is determined only by the height of the engine, and in the control compartment, by the height of the space necessary to accommodate the driver. The low silhouette of the car makes it inconspicuous on the ground, reduces the likelihood of enemy fire, reduces the mass of the car, allows you to increase speed due to greater stability and allows you to fire from weapons located in the fighting compartment in all directions.

Sources of information taken into account when preparing the application:

1, 2. Army car. Design and calculation. Ed. A.S. Antonova. Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Moscow, 1970 p. 46, 55.

3. Ibid., P. 69.

Claims (1)

A highly mobile army vehicle containing a bearing body, engine, transmission, sectional compartment of the fighting compartment, a control compartment with a motor compartment, characterized in that, in order to simplify the design of the transmission, evenly distribute the load, increase stability, ensure firing in all directions, the driver and the engine is located in the area between the niches of the front wheels, while the longitudinal axis of the engine is located at an angle to the longitudinal vertical and horizontal planes of the car, vertically cial motor axis disposed at an angle to the lateral side, in which the engine is located, wherein the position commander located behind the driver's seat and is biased in the opposite direction from the movement.

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