Аналіз тенденцій розвитку засобів ураження бойових броньованих машин з верхньої півсфери

Abstract

In the article, based on the analysis of the tactical and technical characteristics of anti-tank missile systems, combat elements of group combat units of operational-tactical and tactical missiles, rocket salvo systems and cluster artillery shells, development trends are determined. The most common means of defeating armored combat vehicles from the upper hemisphere are determined.

An analysis of the nomenclature of anti-tank weapons that fire at targets that are not observed from ground points shows that for many of them, the striking elements are submunitions delivered to the target by cluster warheads of artillery shells of MLRS. This is due to the fact that cluster munitions with the same weight and size characteristics ensure the destruction of a greater number of elementary targets from the composition of the group than can be the case with the use of monolithic munitions.

Therefore, in recent years, special attention has been paid to the development and use of cluster munitions for defeating armored combat vehicles, including tanks. The high efficiency of cluster munitions is achieved when equipped with them or a large number of unguided munitions that provide a high probability of hitting a single target or guided munitions. Currently, both of these directions are developing.

It should be noted that homing combat elements are most effective when used on stationary group targets, homing − on moving ones. Self-guided combat units are equipped with a direct guidance system. Homing combat elements search and identify the object during descent with a simultaneous turn; then, after targeting the warhead, a striking element of the «shock core» type is fired. The fundamental difference of self-guided combat elements from homing is in the ability to find a target in a much larger area and therefore in the ability to compensate for a larger miss of the carrier.

The main areas of development of promising self-guided and self-guided munitions are:

- ensuring minimum weight and dimensions;

- increasing the power of the combat unit;

- development of all-weather and interference-resistant target sensors and homing heads operating in the IR and mm wavelength ranges, including those combined to increase the probability of target detection in conditions of enemy interference;

– development of optimal target search algorithms that exclude its omission and false activation;

- development of a system of rational dispersion of elements to achieve the maximum effectiveness of defeating a given target;

- wide block-modular unification, which allows to achieve the universalization of the use of combat elements on different carriers.