Mine clearance
Mines - a class of ammunition that continues to fight even after the conclusion of peace treaties, and against all. You can pacify such a frenzied element only by contrasting it with cold calculation and the spirit of experimentation. Today, the crew of the Polygon program of the T24 channel is waiting for a journey into the world of disarmament and pacifism, which will be led by specialists from the engineering forces.
Device P-40 "Destroyer"
A special device designed for mine clearing and disposal of ammunition, as well as a real rescue for sappers, is the P-40 device. Its operating principle is similar to the operation of conventional cumulative ammunition. When blown up, the membrane turns into a red-hot stream, piercing the wall of the ammunition and burning the explosive. Due to the fact that there is a combustion reaction in the process, detonation does not occur, it is too slow and boring for an explosion, but it is very useful and fun for a sapper. The "Destroyer" is able to cope with almost any ammunition: from a hand grenade to aviation the bombs. True, to destroy smaller deadly finds this device is problematic.
Robot "Uranus-6"
In search of the ideal demining tool, the Polygon team traveled to the North Caucasus to personally observe the work Robot-sapper "Uranus-6". This modernized complex is a fully developed domestic production and allows for continuous demining of anti-personnel minefields with an explosive mass of up to 2 kg in TNT equivalent. A 190-horsepower engine is installed on the car, which allows you to disperse a 6-ton beetle up to 15 km / h. Also, the machine is able to overcome obstacles up to about a meter high, which is, in general, a feat for such an iron box. The Uran-6 demining complex consists of a specially equipped KAMAZ truck, a set of ramps and, in fact, the most remote controlled demining vehicle. The devices are installed on a caterpillar platform and include: a body, an engine, a dozer blade, a fighting trawl, a switching and transmission unit. The working equipment is removable. The kit also includes a milling trawl for hard soils and a roller trawl for sand. "Uran-6" can withstand an explosion of 1 kilogram of TNT and not suffer. The principle of operation of the complex is based on trawling, during which either the ammunition fires normally from contact with the trawl, or simply collapses from the mechanical impact of the striker. The chains spin the strikers up to 700 revolutions per minute, which allows you to plow the soil up to 30 cm deep. The robot is designed in such a way that fragments, when detonated, go either on the sides or under the car, but not in the direction of the sappers.
The path for the development of mine clearance tools only goes a long way. The Ministry of Defense has a concept for introducing robotic assets for military use. I would like to believe that soon non-contact methods of search and destruction of ammunition will supplant the dangerous and recklessly hard work of the sapper. A new technological revolution is just around the corner. Perhaps this is the only industry where I would like to completely replace a person with a robot without any regret.
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