...The technical problems of Linghe armor are not something that can be solved overnight...

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

In fact, as an important part of composite armor in modern armored vehicles, many materials are not metals. Instead, some synthetic materials, combinations of non-metal elements or ceramics, the reason is naturally because the degree of resistance to strike by metal materials has limited its prospects, and some non-metallic materials can achieve better performance than metal materials through various means.

However, after Fan Wubing entered the research room at the core level and met several electric-fighting technology application experts from the military and Southeast Heavy Industry Group, he saw one of the most effective results Southeast Heavy Industry can achieve. Electric-fighting Armor.

"Electromagnetic armor?" Fan Wubing didn't know much about these things. He was a little surprised after hearing this name, and he was not sure what the working mechanism was.

In fact, the concept of electromagnetic armor was proposed in the 1970s.

The principle of electric-fighting armor is to install the charged space armor plate in front of the body armor of the chariot. When the high metal jet of the armor-breaking bomb comes into contact with the electromagnetic armor, it will form a path with the charged space armor and create a powerful electric-fighting field, which will rotate, offset, break or disperse the metal jet.

"That's the principle of an electromagnetic gun, but in this case, the power load should be very large, right?" Fan Wubing probably understood a little after hearing this and asked back.

"The issue that Mr. Fan is concerned about is actually a question raised by most people," the expert explained. "For example, the electromagnetic armor requires electricity when resisting the attack of the Rib 7 rocket. It requires less electricity than the starting motor in the morning of the winter, and the improved electrical system and battery pack can provide electricity for the electromagnetic armor.

"Oh, if this is the case, there is still something wrong with it." Fan Wubing nodded and said.

Protection ability is the most basic and critical factor in the survivability of weapon systems. Due to the rapid development of high-tech, the development of anti-armored weapons is changing with each passing day. Regardless of type, shooting range and space range, it has formed a comprehensive attack on the armored protection of combat vehicles.

With the continuous development of intelligent anti-armored weapons and the possibility of future application of electromagnetic cannons on the battlefield, the threats to armored vehicles on the battlefield will become increasingly serious. Therefore, only if we have sufficient protection against modern anti-armored weapons can armored vehicles have the ability to survive on the modern battlefield.

"Currently, the main weapons used for attacking combat vehicles and armored vehicles are kinetic energy bombs and armored bombs. Kinetic energy bombs are also called armored bombs, which obtain huge kinetic energy during high firing. When impacting protective armor, its kinetic energy is quickly released in a very small area to achieve the purpose of penetrating armor. Armored bombs use high metal jets to penetrate the armor to achieve the purpose of destroying protective armor. With the continuous increase in the penetration ability of armored bombs and armored bombs, it is unrealistic to increase their protection by simply increasing the thickness of armor.

. An expert explained to Fan Wubing, "First, the increase in armor thickness will inevitably lead to an increase in the size and weight of the combat vehicle, which relatively reduces the mobility and flexibility of the vehicle. Second, the kinetic energy bomb is now greater than 1,800 meters per second, and the armor-piercing energy is greater than 900,000 joules. With such powerful power, traditional armor is difficult to protect. Obviously, a very effective new protection technology is needed, which makes most threats lose their effect before jeopardizing the target. Therefore, a new armor protection technology, electromagnetic armor, was born."

In fact, electromagnetic armor technology is not a very difficult technology to master. The difficulty is that the electrical energy required for electromagnetic armor must be provided by a large battery pack and capacitor pack. As for the technology at that time, the volume of the tank was naturally unable to solve the problem of battery packs than the battery pack. Therefore, the exhibition of electromagnetic armor encountered a technical bottleneck, but with the advancement of technology, the electromagnetic armor technology that consumes less electricity can now be obtained.

There are two main types of electromagnetic armor. One is active electromagnetic armor. This is a new active protection concept that uses electromagnetic energy-firing technology to combine with armored vehicles. It uses electromagnetic energy to launch the outer protective armor of the vehicle body to the ballistic of the incoming weapon to actively intercept the threat, eliminating the threat from the chariot.

This active electric armor consists of a detection system, identification system, computer and control system, power system and emitter. Once the detection system now has incoming weapons within a certain range, it transmits the signal to the computer control system of the well to judge and identify the target. When it is a ballistic that poses a threat to the combat vehicle, the signal will be immediately sent to the power switch and transmits the high pulse current to the emitter, causing the capacitor group to discharge to the flat coil of the outer protective armored emitter, creating a strong collision, and eject the outer protective armor, intercepting incoming missiles from a safe distance, causing it to destroy or change its ballistics, achieving the purpose of active protection.

Another passive electric sea armor can be divided into contact electromagnetic armor and long-range electromagnetic armor according to its position of action with incoming weapons.

"Contact type and long-distance type?" Fan Wubing asked, "Is it effective after collision, and the other is to use the magnetic field to directly remove the shells?"

"It's almost like this, the expert replied.

When the incoming missile body attacks the armored vehicle, when the missile body contacts the electromagnetic armor, the electromagnetic armor will directly send a huge current to the incoming missile, and use electromagnetic energy to destroy or interfere with the incoming missile. This type of armor is located outside the basic armor of the vehicle body and is composed of two steel plates and high-voltage capacitors at a certain distance. The outer steel plate is grounded and the inner steel plate is connected to the high-voltage capacitor.

When attacked by a rocket like 7, a current path will be formed when the high metal jet of the cone-shaped charge passes through the two steel plates, causing the high-voltage capacitor to be discharged instantly. Hundreds of thousands of amperes of current flow through this path, creating a huge electromagnetic field, rotating, shifting, breaking or dispersing the metal jet to prevent the main armor from being broken down, thereby providing a protective effect.

The experimental results show that when the electromagnetic armor is passed with a current of 500,000 amperes, the high metal jets of the cone-shaped charge are almost exhausted. The residual jets no longer pose a threat to the basic armor of the combat vehicle body. The basic armor of the vehicle body will easily eat the residual jets as snacks.

"This kind of electric armor is different in size," said the lead system of the air-resistant metal plate, insulating layer, coil layer and capacitor. Although the weight of Sichuan is only more than three tons, the protection capacity is equivalent to the installation of twenty tons of homogeneous armor." The expert asked Fan Wubing to look at the model in the experiment and said that the current trial production is the armor.

There is also a 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 for a long distance through a powerful electromagnetic field, causing it to generate electromagnetic eddy currents, and then generates a magnetic field opposite to the direction of the original magnetic field, causing the metal elastic body to be subjected to a repulsive resistance to slow down or offset the ballistic, achieving the purpose of protecting the armored vehicle body. The principle of action of this electromagnetic armor is similar to active electromagnetic armor, but does not require the installation of armor to intercept the incoming missile body.

"It seems that this kind of long-range electric-touch armor should be more advanced." Fan Wubing felt that it would be better not to let the bullet body act on the tank.

Experts also said that these types of electromagnetic armor are all attached to electromagnetic armor, and their functions are to destroy, interfere with or consume the energy of incoming missiles, and achieve the function of protecting the main armor of the vehicle body. Among these types of electromagnetic armor, contact electromagnetic armor has been exhibited earlier and is more technically easier to break through. However, long-distance electromagnetic armor is still in the research stage because of the large electromagnetic field required and the limitation of the effective distance of the electromagnetic field, and no examples are presented.

Overall, the electromagnetic armor protection system is a new concept of defense and has a good prospect. Electromagnetic armor has better operating safety compared to the reactive armor currently in use, and is safe for personnel before the current current is turned on.

"At present, major manufacturers of combat vehicles in the world are studying electromagnetic armor. Among them, the United States is conducting research on Bradley's chariot and electromagnetic armor. It can be seen that electromagnetic armor will be the new generation of armor protection technology in the future. However, it will take some time to convert these extremely complex related technologies into available products. The electromagnetic armor currently developed by the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries is mainly used to fight the threat of rockets such as fertilizer, but after overcoming key technologies in the future, it can naturally improve the protection of electromagnetic armor against anti-tank missiles." The person in charge of the laboratory said to Fan Wubing.

After hearing this, Fan Wubing couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

From mechanization to electrification, it is the future trend of main battle tanks, including propulsion systems, weapon systems and protection systems, etc., and will be launched in the future. Among them, the exhibition of electromagnetic armor is the core of the electrification of protection systems. The main battle tanks using electromagnetic armor have a survivability of five or six times higher than ordinary main battle tanks.

"In fact, since the tanks were found, the war pattern has undergone major changes, and various anti-armor weapons have been constantly innovating. The last century can be said to be the era of chasing armor and anti-armor, and a competition between spears and shields has begun. With the continuous improvement of the performance of anti-armor weapons, armor protection has gone from early homogeneous armor to reactive armor currently used, as well as various types of composite armor, etc., which shows that traditional armor technology has come to an end, forcing countries around the world to think about new protection technologies, and the concept of electric-stroke armor came into being." The person in charge of the laboratory said.

Fan Wubing said, "The concept of electromagnetic armor appeared in the 1970s in the last world, but the technological capabilities at that time could not solve the problem of huge capacitors. Until today, thanks to high technology, the concept of electromagnetic armor has finally been implemented. Electromagnetic armor has a good development prospect, among which the active electromagnetic armor protection system is a new defensive thinking. Although the technology of electromagnetic armor has shown a good development prospect, it is still a distance from the practical stage. However, I think, with the rapid development of electronic technology, I believe that electromagnetic armor technology will also make a breakthrough soon."

While looking at the models in the experiment, Fan Wubing has gained some insights. In fact, many weapons in science fiction novels from that time have already entered the battlefield, and the fantasies written by Verne have long been realized one by one, just like electromagnetic cannons and electromagnetic armor. It used to be just thinking about it, 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 goes, how bold a person is and how much land is. Although this is a bit worth pondering when used in agricultural production, it is really not at all for weapons and equipment.

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Before leaving, the laboratory specially arranged a practical exercise for Fan Wubing to defend against rockets. After the electric armor installed on the shooting range was ready, someone here used domestic Red Arrow Rockets and Bi7 rockets to carry out live ammunition firing.

After the dust settled, Fan Wubing 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.

The weight of the battery pack that is currently planned to be installed on the tank for powering electromagnetic armor is still acceptable, and the laboratory has also come up with great tricks in energy storage. For example, if it is fighting in a strong Rizhao area, solar energy can be used to store electricity, which is very convenient.

In order to improve the continuous strike resistance, timely charging is very important. Although the energy consumed at one time is not much, in order to prevent the laboratory from designing a dual power supply system to prevent continuous anti-tank rockets from coming and unable to respond.

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After seeing this, Fan Wubing exclaimed and praised it. 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 now, there are too few examples that can be used in combination.

On the contrary, through the creation of military-industrial enterprises this time, many high-tech results in various industries were combined, showing the important role of transforming technology into results.

No wonder all high-tech is first applied to the battlefield. At this time, Fan Wubing felt a little similar. He also made a decision, that is, no matter how much investment is, the military-industrial enterprise will continue to do it. Even if a small part of it is converted into civilian use, it will be worth the fare.

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