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Technical problems with composite armor. It's not something that can be solved overnight.

Fan Wuzhi did not expect the technical department to come up with a solution in a short period of time, but at this time, within the scope of the entire Fan Investment Group, there was already a material application research institute dedicated to applied research on various materials, and some progress has been made.

In fact, as an important part of the composite armor in modern armored combat vehicles, many materials are not metals, but some synthetic materials or a combination of non-metallic elements or ceramics or something, to summarize the reason, it is natural that the degree of impact resistance of metal materials has limited its development prospects, and some non-metallic materials can play a more superior performance than metal materials through various means of processing.

However, after Fan Wuxian entered the research room at the most core level and met several electromagnetic technology application experts from the military and Southeast Heavy Industry Group, he saw one of the most capable achievements of Southeast Heavy Industry at present, electromagnetic armor.

"Electromagnetic armor?" Fan Wuxi didn't know much about these things, and he was a little surprised when he heard the name, and he didn't know what the working mechanism was.

In fact, the concept of electromagnetic armor was put forward in the seventies of the last century.

The principle of electromagnetic armor is to install the charged spacer armor plate in front of the hull armor of the combat vehicle, and when the high-speed metal jet of the armor-piercing projectile touches the electromagnetic armor, it will form a path with the charged spacer armor and generate a powerful electromagnetic field. Rotate, offset, break, or disperse the metal jet.

"That's pretty much the same as an electromagnetic gun, but in this case, the power load should be very large, right?" After hearing this, Fan Wuxian probably understood a little, and asked rhetorically.

"The question that Mr. Fan is concerned about is actually a question raised by most people." "For example, electromagnetic armor requires less power to resist RPG-7 rocket attacks than it does to start the engine on a cold winter morning, and a modified electrical system and battery pack can provide electrical energy for electromagnetic armor," the expert explains. ”

"Oh, in that case, there's still a head." Fan Wuxian nodded.

Protection capability is the most basic and critical factor in the survivability of weapon systems, due to the rapid development of high technology, the development of anti-armor weapons is changing with each passing day, regardless of the type, firing range and space range, etc., the armor protection of combat vehicles has formed an all-round attack.

With the continuous development of intelligent anti-armor weapons and the possibility of electromagnetic guns on the battlefield in the future, the threat of armored vehicles on the battlefield will become increasingly serious, so only with sufficient protection for modern anti-armor weapons, armored vehicles can survive on the modern battlefield.

"At present, the main weapons used to attack combat vehicles and armored vehicles are kinetic energy bullets and armor-piercing bullets, kinetic energy bullets, also known as armor-piercing bullets, are used to obtain huge kinetic energy during high-speed launching, and quickly release their kinetic energy in a small area when hitting protective armor, so as to achieve the purpose of penetrating armor. Armor-piercing shells, on the other hand, penetrate the armor with a high-velocity metal jet to destroy the protective armor. With the increasing penetration capacity of armor-piercing and armor-piercing shells, it is impractical to improve the protection of armor simply by increasing its thickness. "First, the increase in armor thickness will inevitably lead to an increase in the size and weight of the vehicle, which will reduce the mobility and flexibility of the vehicle. Second, at present, the muzzle velocity of kinetic energy projectiles is greater than 1,800 meters per second, and the armor-piercing energy is greater than 900,000 joules. With such great power, traditional armor is difficult to protect against, and it is clear that a very effective new protection technology is needed to render most threats useless before they endanger the target. As a result, a new type of armor protection technology, electromagnetic armor, was born. ”

In fact, electromagnetic armor technology is not a difficult technology to master, the difficulty is that the electrical energy required by electromagnetic armor must have a large volume of battery pack and capacitor bank to provide, and in terms of technology at that time, the volume of the combat vehicle is smaller than the battery pack, naturally can not solve the problem of the battery pack, so the development of electromagnetic armor has encountered a technical bottleneck, but with the progress of science and technology, the electromagnetic armor technology with lower power consumption can now be obtained.

There are two main types of electromagnetic armor, one is active electromagnetic armor, which is a new active protection concept that uses electromagnetic energy emission technology combined with armored vehicles, and uses electromagnetic energy to launch the outer protective armor of the vehicle hull to actively intercept the trajectory of the incoming weapon and eliminate the threat from the vehicle.

This active electromagnetic armor consists of a detection system, an identification system, a computer and control system, a power supply system, and a transmitter. Once the detection system detects an incoming weapon within a certain range, it transmits the signal to the computer control system to judge and identify the target, and when it finds a ballistic that poses a threat to the vehicle. Immediately send a signal to turn on the power switch, transmit the high pulse current to the transmitter, so that the capacitor bank discharges to the flat coil of the outer protective armor launcher, generates a strong magnetic field, ejects the outer protective armor, intercepts the incoming missile from a safe distance, destroys or changes its trajectory, and achieves the purpose of active protection.

Another kind of passive electromagnetic armor can be divided into two types: contact electromagnetic armor and long-range electromagnetic armor according to its position with the incoming weapon.

"Contact and telematic?" Fan Wuxian asked, "Is it that one works after the collision, and the other is to use the magnetic field to directly remove the shells?" ”

"That's pretty much it." The expert replied.

When the incoming missile body attacks the armored vehicle, when the missile body touches the electromagnetic armor, the electromagnetic armor will directly send a large current to the incoming missile, and destroy or interfere with the incoming missile body with electromagnetic energy. This type of armor is located on the outside of the basic armor of the hull and consists of two steel plates spaced apart and a high-voltage capacitor, where the outer steel plate is grounded and the inner steel plate is connected to the high-voltage capacitor.

When attacked by rockets such as RPG-7, when the high-speed metal jet of the cone-shaped charge passes through the two steel plates, a current path will be formed, which will make the high-voltage capacitor discharge instantaneously, and hundreds of thousands of amperes of current flow through this path, generating a huge electromagnetic field, rotating, discharging, breaking or dispersing the metal jet, avoiding the main armor from being penetrated, so as to provide protection.

The experimental results show that when the electromagnetic armor is passed through the current of 500,000 amperes, the high-speed metal jet of the cone-shaped charge is almost exhausted, and the residual jet no longer poses a threat to the basic armor of the combat vehicle's hull, and the basic armor of the hull will easily eat the residual jet as a snack.

"This electromagnetic armor protection system is composed of bulletproof metal plates, insulation, coil layers and capacitors. Its total weight is just over three tons. But the resulting protective capacity is equivalent to the addition of twenty tons of homogeneous armor. The expert asked Fan Wuxian to take a look at the model in the test and said that it was this kind of armor that was currently being trial-produced.

There is also a kind of long-range electromagnetic armor in the design, this electromagnetic armor does not rely on any mechanical device to contact the incoming missile, but acts on the incoming missile body at a long distance through a strong electromagnetic field, so that it produces electromagnetic eddy current, and then produces a magnetic field opposite to the direction of the original magnetic field, so that the metal projectile body is subjected to a repulsive resistance effect and slows down or deflects the trajectory, so as to achieve the purpose of protecting the armored vehicle body, the principle of action of this electromagnetic armor is similar to that of active electromagnetic armor, but it does not need to be equipped with armor used to intercept the incoming projectile body.

"It seems that this long-range electromagnetic armor seems to be more advanced-" Fan Wuxian felt that it was safer not to let the projectile act on the tank.

Experts also said that these kinds of electromagnetic armor are all additional electromagnetic armor, and their functions are to destroy, interfere with or consume the energy of the incoming projectile body to protect the main armor of the vehicle hull. Among these kinds of electromagnetic armor, contact electromagnetic armor developed earlier and is relatively easy to break through technically, while long-range electromagnetic armor is still in the research stage due to the large electromagnetic field strength required and the limitation of the effective distance of the electromagnetic field, and no examples have been given.

In general, the electromagnetic armor protection system is a new concept of defense, which has a good development prospect, and the electromagnetic armor has better operational safety than the reactive armor currently in use, and there is no concern about the safety of personnel before the current is turned on.

"At present, electromagnetic armor is being studied in all the major combat vehicle producing countries of the world. Among them, the United States is conducting research on the Bradley combat vehicle to attach electromagnetic armor, which can be seen that electromagnetic armor will be a new generation of armor protection technology in the future. But it will take some time to turn these extremely complex technologies into usable products. The electromagnetic armor currently developed by the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries is mainly used to counter the threat of rockets such as RPGs, but in the future, after overcoming key technologies, it can naturally improve the protection of electromagnetic armor against anti-tank missiles. The person in charge of the laboratory said to Fan Wuxi.

After hearing this, Fan Wuxian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

From mechanization to electrification, it is the future development trend of the main battle tank, including the propulsion system, weapon system and protection system, etc., which will develop towards electrification in the future, including the development of electromagnetic armor. It is the core of the electrification of the protection system, and the survivability of the main battle tank using electromagnetic armor is far more than that of ordinary main battle tanks by five or six times.

"In fact, since the advent of tanks, the pattern of warfare has undergone major changes, and all kinds of anti-armor weapons have been constantly introduced, and the last century can be said to be the era of armor and anti-armor chase, and launched a spear and shield race. With the continuous improvement of the performance of anti-armor weapons, armor protection from the early homogeneous armor to the current use of reactive armor, as well as various types of composite armor, etc., shows that the traditional armor technology has come to an end, so that countries around the world have to think about new protection technology, and the concept of electromagnetic armor came into being. The person in charge of the laboratory said to Fan Wuxi, "The concept of electromagnetic armor appeared in the seventies of the last world, but with the scientific and technological capabilities at that time, it was impossible to solve the problem of huge capacitors, until today, thanks to the gift of high technology, the concept of electromagnetic armor has finally been implemented." Electromagnetic armor has a good development prospect, and the active electromagnetic armor protection system is a new defensive thinking. Although the technology of electromagnetic armor has shown good development prospects, it is still some way from the practical stage. However, I think that with the rapid development of electronic technology, I believe that electromagnetic armor technology will soon make breakthroughs. ”

Fan Wuxian looked at the models in those experiments, and at the same time had some understanding, in fact, many weapons in science fiction had already entered the battlefield, and those fantasies written by Verne had already been realized one by one, just like electromagnetic guns and electromagnetic armor, it was just thinking about it before, but now there are practical models, it can be said that people's ideas will never feel too absurd.

There is also a saying that it is good to say, how bold people are, how productive the land is, although this is still a little worthy of scrutiny when applied to agricultural production, but it is really not ambiguous at all when used in weapons and equipment.

Before leaving, the laboratory specially arranged an actual combat drill for Fan Wuxian to defend against rockets, and the electromagnetic armor installed on the shooting range was prepared. Here, some people used domestic Red Arrow rockets and RPG-7 rockets to conduct live firing.

After the dust settled, Fan Wuxian and others personally went to inspect the results, and found that the integrity of the electromagnetic armor was not damaged, and the rocket was basically eaten by the electromagnetic armor.

At present, the weight of the battery pack that is intended to be installed on the tank for powering the electromagnetic armor is still acceptable, and the laboratory has also come up with a high trick in terms of energy charging, for example, if you are fighting in areas with strong sunshine, you can also use solar energy for power storage, which is very convenient.

In order to improve the continuous anti-strike ability, timely charging is very important, although the one-time consumption of energy is not a lot, but in order to prevent accidents, the laboratory still considered the design of a dual power supply system, in case there are continuous anti-tank rockets and cannot be coped.

Fan Wuxian was amazed after seeing it, and through this inspection, he also found a problem, that is, the combination of various disciplines has become very important, although Fan's Investment Group has done its best in many industries today, but there are too few examples that can be used comprehensively.

On the contrary, through the creation of military enterprises this time, many high-tech achievements in various industries have been combined, showing the important role of technology transformation into results.

No wonder it is said that all high-tech is first applied to the battlefield, at this time, Fan Wuxian also felt the same way in his heart, and he also made a decision, that is, no matter how much investment is made, this military industrial enterprise will continue to be engaged, even if a small part of it is converted into civilian use, it is enough to pay back the ticket price.

Not to mention, when these technological products are used in the military, they themselves generate huge commercial value.

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