Unique tank mortar was invented by the Kharkov military scientists
Unique tank mortar was invented by the Kharkov military scientists
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“Ukroboronprom” they say that to appreciate the invention is not easy because it is not unique.
Development of the Kharkiv military scientists – tank mortar – able to change tactics tank battle. Mortar shall not shot a powder charge, and gas. Therefore, the weapon leaves no products of combustion and casings, according to TSN.16.45.
Kharkov military Constantine, Koritchenko and Alexander Sakun ready to demonstrate his invention in the field. Mortar mounted on a T-64, neatly shrink-wrapped. It is an experimental model in a single instance, collected its inventors five years.
“The existing mortar, it will be no more than 200 pounds. The range we are considering, it is from tens of meters to one thousand five hundred, probably more, meters, this depends on the power of the charge which we have the ability to change. Before each shot metered feeding of fuel and gas mixture”, – says head of the Department of chemistry of the faculty of military training of NTU KHPI.
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The caliber of the mortar is 71 mm. The main advantage of the installation – it gestationa part. Gunpowder, who dominated the battlefield for centuries, Kharkiv team managed replaced gas. And used the technology explosion of the propane. The radius of destruction is not inferior to the powder charges.
“For the purposes of mortar, enough for an ordinary soldier arrived at the usual gas station and filled the propane in the system,” say the inventors.
The unit can effectively fire at close targets and even change tactics tank battle. Tanks can’t shoot at close range, because the projectiles can bounce off the ground. And Kharkiv mortar capable of handling the range and calculate its power.
Development is still being finalized, say the inventors. In your mortar, they have provided another feature – automatic feeding of the shells. But the money should be allocated state, according to the military.
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“Of course assumes the tank a number of automatic systems of loading, but it already requires a decision on the level of the Cabinet of Ministers can “Ukroboronprom” will support our development,” – I hope the specialists.
“Ukroboronprom” they say that to appreciate the invention is not easy because it is not unique. So now the development can only be viewed as educational. To take the mortar into service required many trials.
Now, in war, technical innovations of the defense industry test and certify much faster than before, experts say. However, in any case, it will take at least a year.