Speaking to tass, a nii stali representative said the. Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected. The roots of the altyn are found in the swiss psh77 helmet, which was used by the soviet kgb special forces during the sovietafghan war. In serial production, the welded turret nii stali, ukbtm based on the solutions of the above mentioned authors will only be realized after more than 20 years on the t90a tank. It is most effective in protecting against shaped charges and specially hardened kinetic energy penetrators. According to nii stalis 2011 annual report, the armour was designed to provide a higher. This armor package is developed by nii stali research institute of steel, the leading russian developer of applique protection packages. Rare nii stali russian spetsnaz bulletproof helmet maska1 triplex with visor. This source said this was also developed by nii stali and provides protection from 5060% of rpg rocketpropelled grenade rounds. The lynx does have a radio, in contrast to the similar k63. Since 2012, the mortgage reit has lost 37% of its book value per share, and also continued to. This uses energetic but nondetonating rubberlike materials. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our.
Nii stali research institute was established in may 1942 as an institution for design of tank armour. Detailed diagrams of the new russian t14 tank and t15 heavy. Vehicles aviation antonov aviastarsp beriev ilyushin irkut lavochkin lavochkingorbunovgudkov kapo knaaz mai myasishchev mig mikoyan sokol sukhoi tupolev vaso. To implement the project for the armored vehicle typhoon we have developed and manufactured unique glass units with protection of stanag level 4, 129 mm thick, protecting against the shelling from vladimirov heavy machine gun by armor piercing ammunition b32 of caliber 14. This is said to increase the armor protection of the t72b by factors 1. Slat armor or slat armour, see spelling differences, also known as bar armor, cage armor and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect against antitank rocketpropelled grenade rpg attacks. Explosive reactive armor is that bricklooking stuff that the soviets loved covering their tanks in during the last days of the cold war. In addition to the era, the t14 has barslat armour located over the rear part of the hull. Developed by nii stali, relikt utilizes a completely new composition of explosives to achieve dynamic protection. Although today it is being slowly replaced by nii stali s ryst helmet, it has long been one of the most iconic pieces of equipment in the arsenal of russian special forces. The barrels under the turret is smoke launchers, i have no idea what silly person spread the rumour that they arent, but inflexible non rotating giant tub. This is data from collinsj site,who in turn collected data from sources found on tanknet.
According to nii stali s 2011 annual report, the armour was designed to provide a higher. Vertical section of the frontal armor of the turret from the rolled steel. The system reduces armor piercing capabilities of atgm by 60%, of rpg by 90% and of kinetic energy at ammunition. The idea of counterexplosion kontrvzryv in russian in armour was first proposed by the scientific research institute of steel nii stali in 1949 in the ussr by academician bogdan vjacheslavovich voitsekhovsky failed verification 19221999. I admit not knowing much about era, but a quick check around various sources has impressed the following things on me. The book is attractively laid out and there are many. This one is k63, altyns variant without mic attached. Ojsc nii stali and others are now developing nonexplosive reactive armour, known as nxra. First, forget about ratio of 70s armour and projectiles because it is not valid. Therefore even after detonation kontakt5 sections continue to provide some applique protection. The glacis applique armor consists of a welded steel box.
Uniform armour nii stali npf tekhinkom npp klass zao artess zao kirasa. Why do the hard kill aps on the t14 armata consist of. Nii stali jsc offers complex protection of military and specialpurpose civilian equipment as well as of personnel against ballistic threat, precisionguided weapons, ionizing radiation and high temperatures. Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon. Hello to all dear friends i want to introduce you a product called original russian spetsnaz titanium bulletproof helmet 6b63 k63 with visor nii stali 663 63 product categorynew size. The modernized russian tank with unique protection. You can be excited with a book by nii stali, but facts are facts, with each year, russia is way and way behind west in terms of materials development for armor protection. This indicates that the t72s initial t72 had the same hull armour hull armour is 335mm against ke and 450mm against ce. The shelling and the undermining of the armored vehicle on the toyota lc 200 chassis that was arranged by armor group at the odon test site, the town of noginsk, russia news summer of 2012 the vehicle, equipped with magistral bulletproof glazing after the automatic weapons attack. The two are visually extremely similar, with the one visible difference being the thicker metal borders of the visors with visible screws which was also present on the k63. On its upgrade participated several companies, including nii stali, to provide side turret protection against 500 mm perforation warheads, while they finally added simple era.
The video below shows a btr80a sustaining hits to the side from an svd rifle at point blank range. The trend in armour residentials book values per share is not something to get excited about at all. Nii stali states that without additional armour, the upper side of the btr80 hull can be defeated by the 12. First attempts of creation helmets, like 6b7 was in 90x, when nii stali start researching of production helmets from aramid. Kontakt5 is a type of secondgeneration explosive reactive armour era originating in the. Nowadays nii stali jsc is a leading russian company for design of armour systems and materials for the army combat vehicles and equipment. Nizhni tagil started upgrading the t72b with the third generation of kontakt5 explosive reactive armour which has already been added to the t80u developed by nii stali scientific research institute for steel. It takes the form of a rigid slatted metal grid fitted around key sections of the vehicle, which disrupts the shaped charge of the warhead by either crushing it, preventing optimal. Era for light armored vehicles by nii stali video dailymotion. Development of welded turrets for postww2 tanks in ussr.
Armata armor is a composite incorporating a new steel alloy known as 44csvw, developed by the jsc institute of steelalso known as the nii stali institute for protectionin moscow. It is made up of two armor plates that detonates in opposite directions on radar command just before the a kinetic energy penetrator hits it, breaking the penetrator and reducing its effectiveness by 50%. The book concludes with a discussion of the legacy of wwii soviet armor and tactics down to the present day. In the late 1980s, the nii stali in moscow, the advanced research institute of the steel industry, continued to develop more advanced versions of explosive reactive armor. Nii stali unofficially called this applique armor bra armor because of the two rounded panels added on either side of the gun tube. In august 2016, russia introduced barslat armor developed by nii stali and uralvagonzavod to increase protection of russian armored vehicles against rpg and recoilless rifle heat rounds by 5560%. Russia armata tank will outmatch the abrams in active. Helmet p7 or 6b7 classification developer and manufacturer nii stali, is the first production helmet made of aramid fabrics. The lynx series of helmets is a continuation of the altyn helmets. Nii stali institute of steel specializes in all kinds of armors including conventional armor and various kinds of applique protection signal instrument plant obninskbased producer of nuclear control and measurements devices, including tankmounted nbc recon systems.
T90ms turret and the body is facing using armor mode module of the russian iron and steel institute the nii stali developed relikt reaction. Russia to unveil new explosive reactive armour at nizhniy tagil arms expo moscowbased nii stali has fitted the t90 tank with the relikt universal system of modular dynamic protection. The future of armour the armour strikes back technology. The global military vehicular armor market, valued at us. Nowadays nii stali jsc is a leading russian company for. Speaking to tass, a nii stali representative said the steel armour alloy, named 44ssvsh 44s, is approved by the armatas developer. Nii stali is understood to have designed a new form of steel armour for the armata family.
Watch era for light armored vehicles by nii stali emmettzander on. D work was performed, such era was developed known as 4s24 but never fielded in russia. Stephen zalogas various works on russian mbts,gspo forum, btvt, vasiliy fofanovs russian mbt site, hilmes books, hunnicutt patton and abrams, janes idr and the nii stali website. One major development is 44ssvsh steel armour, designed by nii stali and discussed in patent no 2353697. Nii stali claimed that this first generation era would degrade enemy projectiles by up to the following amounts. Kontakt5 is a type of secondgeneration explosive reactive armour era originating in the soviet union. In 19821983, soviet specialists of nii stali literally translated as scientific research institute of steel received their first samples of the psh77, who were ordered to copy and improve its design so a similar titanium helmet can be. The most common type is explosive reactive armour era, but variants include selflimiting explosive reactive armour slera, non. Detailed diagrams of the new russian t14 tank and t15. Explosive reactive armor ballistics science discussion.
Nii stali claims that kontakt 5 era provides protection equivalent to 400500 mm steel against rpgs and atgms, 200250 mm steel against heat tank and artillery ammunition, and reduces the penetration of apfsds by 20%. The side armor was also changed to incorate space armor. T15 armata firepower t15 armata infantry fighting vehicle turret the t15 uses an unmanned turret called the bumerangbm as used on the new russian kurganets25 ifv, however it is not fitted with all the equipment found on the kurganets25, but both have the same firepower and internal layout i. The new steel, made via electroslag melting, is apparently lighter than traditional steel, shaving hundreds of kilograms off the vehicle weight. By the way theres also another armour package developed by kurganmash which produces the bmp3 but its. It has seen service in afghanistan, budyonnovsk, nordost, beslan, and many other operations. It is the first type of era that is effectively able to defeat modern armour piercing finstabilized discarding sabot apfsds rounds introduced on the t80u tank in 1985, kontakt5 is made up of bricks of explosive sandwiched between two metal plates.
The base armour on the new tank consists of metalceramic plates. Developed by nii stali, relikt uses a completely new composition of explosives to achieve dynamics protection. At some point in 2000, arzamas updated btr90s chassis by exteneding the slope to reach the turret and the drivers and assitant drivers hatch were moved to be situatated on the ufp. Source is a chapter of a catalogue published by nii stali, but i cannot find the entire document, nor verify it came from nii stali. Russias t14 armata mbt has newgen era world defense. Nii stali research institute was established in may 1942 as an institution for design of tank armor. I heard that uae actually bought the extra armor package from nii stali but theyre kept in storage and are not mounted on their machines on a regular basis. The components for the kit are being designed by the steel research institute nii stali a think tank that has already developed samples of reactive armour, slat armour and other components. Read book italian armored vehicles of wwii armor specials series 6089 download. The hard kill aps consists of small shaped charges, there are 4 launchers on the t14 iirc. Hello to all dear friends i want to introduce you a product called original russian spetsnaz titanium bulletproof helmet 6b63 k63 with visor nii stali 663 63 product categoryused like new has scratches size. The two plants kept on producing tanks in the hope of further orders from the russian army or a large export order. By the way theres also another armour package developed by kurganmash which produces the bmp3 but its not in russian or foreign service. Maska1 russian spetsnaz mvd vv omon bulletproof helmet 199x200x chechen wars preowned.
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