Passive armor for protection against shaped charges
OwnerPaul Caroninventor
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Abstract
A passive armour for protection against shaped charges, comprising a rigid enclosure or body filled with hollow microspheres made of a material having a density greater than 7 g/cm3 and hardness at least equal to Rockwell A 83.4(equal to 64 RC and 800 Vickers). The armour can be made integral to a basic armour element or it could be an add-on to a basic armour plate. It can be used for the protection of an enclosure selected from the group consisting of land vehicles such as battle tanks, armoured personnel carriers and armoured fighting vehicles; static structures and aircrafts.
Claims23
A passive armour for protection against shaped charges, the passive armour comprising:
- a rigid enclosure filled with hollow microspheres made of a material having a density greater than 7 g/cm3 and hardness at least equal to 800 Vickers.
A passive armour for protection against shaped charges, the passive armour comprising:
- a body made of a metallic matrix;
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- a plurality of hollow microspheres of tungsten carbide embedded in the matrix, the microspheres having a diameter ranging from 10 μm to 500 μm and occupying in volume at least 20% of the total volume of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.