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| Mine Flail |
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| Written by Юрий РужинÑкий | |
| Wednesday, 02 April 2008 | |
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The text of the original in Russian «Hotspots» and local armed conflicts a very long time to vex mankind. And as a result - have peacefully governments get a pile of inherited problems, the resolution of which requires a huge human, financial, material, time-consuming. One of them - extensive minefields left field past battles, confrontation and partisan action. Especially famous for their countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, as well as many «pocket» State, scattered all over the world. In Libya or Sri Lanka, for example, is still not cleared hundreds of square kilometers of territory, although the war ended many years nazad.Pravitelstva countries concerned about anti-personnel mines, in 1997 signed the Ottawa Convention, which not only prohibits the use of anti-personnel mines, but also bans and their production. And they now «rivet» for 2-5 mln. annually. In Ukraine alone, it is destroying some 5.9 million mines PFM-1 type. Over 400 thousand of cluster-type PMN mines have been destroyed. Anti-personnel mines is very insidious in its essence, it is technology in the production (as any other type of weapon or ammunition). In the case of armed conflicts or aggravate possible the rapid build-up of their production that is called «on knees». Therefore, the problem of mine was, is and will be, regardless of any convention there and prohibitions. Production Technology of mine-laying brought to perfection: they set manually (that is much easier and faster than finding the same mine and disarm), from cars on the tray, remotely (dumped from helicopters, missiles, and bring art. Shots). For example, ground minelayer type SY-TT (Italy) can put up to 1.000 min / h, and the rate of production of mines in a universal system of mining GEMSS (USA) comes to 4 minutes in the second. Mine tend to happen manually using portable induction or radio-frequency detectors. Systems engineering technical demining operations are reduced to two: put the charge of mine clearance, and prolonged use of tank mine tralov.Udlinenny charge of mine clearance is a rope with him nanizannymi Drafts cylindrical plastic explosives. Charge through the powder shoot missiles at mine and fence eroded, forming a passage width of 6 m and a length of about 100 m. This system is used mainly for making passages in the minefield for the heavy armor in the offensive operations. Large areas in this way is not cleared because of high cost of this technology, and it is impossible to fully guarantee the quality of mine action, because fuses many mine blast carried out (eg: anti-personnel mine SB 33, Italy), causing actuation mines only when sustained load. Similar to the case and with elongated charges clearance, instead of using plastic explosive liquid fuel (of explosives). Katkova mined trawls, as attachments to the main tank, intended for high-speed parts of the tank to overcome the minefields without involving for this purpose, engineering units and are very expensive in the clearance of large areas (such as fuel, and maintenance of armored vehicles). And given that the majority of local wars in Central Africa, is without the use of heavy machinery (some «Kalash»), the use of trawls Katkova mine is more than unlikely. However, the idea of heavy metal rollers, capable of withstanding a lot of powerful anti-tank mine explosion in charge of about 10 kg of explosives (eg, American-type M 15), deserves special attention. Simple design and high warranty detonation of mines met me at the thought of the possibility of creating a special self Katkova Mine Flail (both anti-and anti-personnel mines), able to disable minefields large area with minimal financial cost. Mine Flail is a skating rink (hereafter KA) to crack the rotary frame and the system of wheel-disc brake in the rear part. Building room - cast steel type St. 45. It consists of a hollow cylinder with diameter 1.500 mm and a width of 2.500 mm. Wall thickness about 50 mm. The outer surface corrugation has room to improve cross-country terrain. Inside the room is divided into five watertight bulkheads made from sheet steel with thickness 5-8 mm. They give extra rigidity room, as well as allow the pile into the water (up to 4 tonnes) to increase the mass of trawler at work on anti-personnel mines. The water filled inside the room, makes it possible to redistribute the workload impact on the total area of room (because little fluid compressibility). By the bulkhead is attached to an axial shaft which is connected via bearings vilchatoy to crack the frame. The drive roller through the hydraulic motor, located on the shoulder of the frame and transmitting torque through the gearbox at the inner corner serrated crown roller (similar to the rollers). On the front (main) plug the frame, secure the bottom steel sheet B = 10-12 mm, is from the engine of a car, causing axial Water Pump. That, in turn, gives the pressure of hydraulic fluid as the transmission of the roller, and management systems for hydraulic cylinders crack the frame (similar to T-150). The rear fork frame ends heavy metal back plate, the wheels of small thickness (B = 3-5 mm) with self-independent suspension, which «prodavlivayut» ground at 3-5 cm and detonating mines, missed the main roller (because of the terrain roughness). Wheels are located across the roller width (2.500 mm). Their numbers can reach up to 20 pcs. Priminaya and deforming the ground, they clearly indicate the following for passing trawler, because blanks between the cleared lanes nedopustimy.Upravlenie trawls carried out remotely over the air mine, following the trawling at a distance of 50-70 meters remote control trawling through the television set above the front roller in the safe zone. Thus, ensured full security for minera.Ispolzovanie in trawler motor drive units dramatically reduce its cost, increases the maintainability in field conditions, allows the use of low labor force. Simple design and low cost will enable poor countries to purchase the mine vehicles in sufficient quantities, allowing the clearance of vast areas in the deadlines, as well as take on lease or rent. Theoretically, for mine flail may represent a risk of anti-personnel mines, heavy-duty (with a charge of explosives about 10 kg and over). But heavy mines that can break tracks (in fact - just a finger!) And destroy the road wheels of any modern tank would be useless against the solid thick metal cylindrical section and of sufficient thickness, reinforced from the inside. Besides, a whole mass of the order of 5-8 tonnes will be disproportionately greater inertial mass separate roller tracks or tracks and destroy the ice rink will be practically impossible. A protivodnischevye mines, affecting the bottom of the tank shaped-charge jet, capable «ask» of up to 250 mm of metal in relation to mine trawls will be highly inefficient, because for the formation of the plasma jet should be a certain distance (400-500 mm), but it is just will not! Even in the case of local damage to any of the skating rink, it would not affect the overall performance of all mine flail. Repair holes (zavarivanie hole), in principle, possible even in field conditions using the thermal pen and several pieces of metal. Mechanization of mine trawling in its low-cost permit repeated trawling cross metodom.Prostoy and cheap way to mine trawling at a very low probability of human injury found strong support in public (Red Cross), charitable and religious organizations to help partially or fully fund the implementation of mine activities. Projected TTH mine flail: The width of passage, mm 2.500 Weight roller, t 6 (10) The speed of movement, kmch 5-7 Productivity, m2/chas up to 17,500 Engine power, hp 60-70 Fuel consumption, l / h 8-10 Turning radius, m 6 Climb, 20% Guaranteed trawling% odnozahodny do90 cross to 98 Capacity, ha: light-day (14 hours) to 25 per year (250 days) to 6.250 Cost trawling ( odnozahodny), $ / ha 20-30 Cost trawler, thousands of $ / unit. 10-12 "TRAKTAT the reduction of entropy, vol II, issue number |