RU2390720C1 - Tank with electromagnetic gun - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: weapons and ammunition. ^ SUBSTANCE: proposed tank comprises electromagnetic gun representing solenoid coil wound on gun barrel and core arranged in barrel bore for jet projectile to be fitted thereon. In operation, said coil generates electromagnetic field pushing core with projectile mounted thereon out from the barrel. Projectile pushed out of the barrel, projectile jet engine automatically cuts in. Tank can be equipped with braking solenoid coil arranged closer to barrel end. Said braking coil generates opposite-direction field to brake and stop said core inside the barrel. ^ EFFECT: smokeless fire by jet projectiles and launching low-range missiles from various closed platforms.

Description

The invention relates to defense equipment, in particular to a device for a tank gun.

Missile shells are known which have a number of advantages over shells ejected from gun barrels by means of powder gases.

The disadvantage of firing rockets is that such firing cannot be conducted from enclosed spaces, such as tanks.

The objective of the invention is to develop a tank gun design that allows firing rockets.

The required technical result is achieved by the development of the design of the electromagnetic gun, the shot (release) of rockets from the barrel of which occurs under the influence of the electromagnetic field created in the barrel. After exiting the barrel, the reactive draft of the projectile automatically turns on.

The electromagnetic gun operates on the principle of a solenoid formed by winding two coils on the barrel. The first trigger coil starts at the base of the barrel. When an electric current passes through this coil, an electromagnetic field is created in the barrel, which drives the core, which, like a piston, vigorously pushes a rocket mounted on the core from the barrel.

Closer to the end of the barrel is a second, brake coil, which creates an electromagnetic field of the opposite direction in the barrel. This field slows down and stops the core at a time when a projectile moving by inertia is ejected from the barrel.

To provide the barrel - solenoid with electricity, the tank should have a special generator, a battery and, possibly, a capacitor.

The optimal selection of the length and diameter of the barrel, the length and power of the starting coil will provide sufficient starting acceleration passing through the barrel with low friction of the rocket, and the brake coil should provide a soft damping of the inertia of the core.

After stopping, the core under its own weight or with the help of a return cable returns to its original position. A return cable wound around the brake drum can also slow down and stop the core.

To reduce friction, the core can be moved in the barrel on rollers.

It is assumed that a heavy tank equipped with an electromagnetic gun and guided missiles will operate in the second echelon of defense, hitting the enemy’s point targets, distant up to three kilometers.

The smokeless electromagnetic method of firing can also be used when launching short-range missiles, including with nuclear warheads.

Claims (1)

A tank with an electromagnetic gun, including a gun barrel, equipped with a solenoid coil and a core for ejecting, by means of electromagnetic forces from a gun barrel, a missile mounted on the core.