Swim-arrangement for amphibious tracked vehicle
AssigneeBAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
InventorTom Sundelin
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AssigneeBAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
InventorTom Sundelin
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The invention relates to a swim arrangement (A) for facilitating amphibious operation of a tracked vehicle (V1). Said tracked vehicle comprises a vehicle body (10) and a two track assemblies (T1, T2) suspendedly connected to the vehicle body for driving the vehicle, each track assembly (T1, T2) comprising a drive means driven endless track (4). The vehicle body comprises under structure portions (12, 14), each under structure portion (12, 14) miming over an upper side (4a) of a track (4) of a track assembly (T1, T2). Each under structure portion (12, 14) is configured to be arranged at a distance from the upper side (4a) of the track (4) during land operation of the vehicle so that a space (S1, S2) is provided. The arrangement (A) comprises means (20, 30, 100) for reducing said space (S1, S2) so as to, during swimming operation, reduce the flow of water between the under structure portion (12, 14) and the upper side (4a) of the track (4) caused when the tracks (4) are driven.
An amphibious tracked vehicle, said tracked vehicle comprising one or more vehicle bodies and at least one track assembly pair per vehicle body, said track assembly pair being suspendedly connected to the vehicle body, the track assembly pair comprising two track assemblies for driving the vehicle, each track assembly comprising a drive means driven endless track arranged to run over a set of wheels of the track assembly, the vehicle body comprising under structure portions, each under structure portion running over an upper side of the track of each track assembly, each under structure portion being configured to be arranged at a distance from the upper side of the track during land operation of the vehicle so that a space is provided between each under structure portion and the upper side of the track of the corresponding track assembly, wherein during a swimming operation of the vehicle, an elongated member extending substantially along a length of the vehicle body is configured to be selectively expanded into the space provided between each under structure portion and the upper side of the track of the corresponding track assembly to variably occupy a portion of the space for reducing said space so as to, in connection to the swimming operation, reduce the flow of water between the under structure portion and the upper side of the track caused when the tracks are driven.
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