To replace the "Ratnik" outfit: in Russia, heavy-duty polyethylene has been created, which is applicable in body armor

January 14 2021 76

In Russia, a special super-lightweight and super-strong material has been developed. It is planned to make it the basis of promising means of protection against bullets and shrapnel for military personnel.

We are talking about the so-called ultramolecular polyethylene, the plates of which will become the basis of the body armor. The material is lighter not only than metal, but also Kevlar-based organoplastic used in the creation of American body armor. At least that's what they write in the departmental publication Krasnaya Zvezda.

It is indicated that the latest Russian material is able to withstand a direct hit of small arms ammunition weapons or a fragment moving at a speed of up to 670 m / s. This is significantly higher than the indicators of the mentioned American organoplastic (its limit is 480 m / s), as well as the Israeli material, designated as UD (up to 630 m / s).

The Russian supermolecular polyethylene is planned to be used in the creation of body armor, which will replace the set of military uniforms (equipment) "Ratnik".

According to the latest information, the new material is named "Super Thread". The first bulletproof vests, which are being tested, have already been produced on the basis of Supernity. Taking into account these tests, a conclusion will be made about the optimal thickness of the plates from the new version of polyethylene for various protection options.

It is especially emphasized that the new body armor can become the basis of protection for the marines, as the feature of the "Supernity" is also in the fact that the material is able to stay on the surface of the water.

With the active introduction of body armor based on such material, the load (by weight) on the fighters during combat (combat training) operations can be significantly reduced, which means the fighter saves energy, and therefore the ability to maintain combat effectiveness longer.

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Victor_B

+20

14 January 2021 06: 17

As I understand it (I read somewhere yesterday), polyethylene is a binder.
And the thread is polyamide.
Or is it a polyethylene thread?
What then is she filled with? Not soft vests.

If the weight parameters of the journalist were not wrong, then the step forward is simply huge!
Good luck to our chemists!
1. raw174
  
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  14 January 2021 06: 33
  
  Quote: Victor_B
  If the weight parameters of the journalist have not been wrong
  
  Yes, indeed, with the declared characteristics, positive buoyancy ... If so, you can create protection for most of the body, a kind of armor ...
  1. Shurik70
    
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    14 January 2021 07: 30
    
    Ultra-durable, ultra-modern material! And they cut out - MANUALLY ...
    Is it really that hard to make a cutting machine? It's elementary!
    Savings everywhere. Economists, damn it. Then they wonder why the product is not competitive.
    1. Pereira
      
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      14 January 2021 07: 52
      
      It all depends on the volume.
      If you produce dozens, then one cutter will be enough.
      If thousands - small mechanization will be required.
      If you want to see a production line, the output should be in the hundreds of thousands, which implies the export of most of the products.
    2. Whirlwind
      
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      14 January 2021 08: 09
      
      Capitalism is leading everything to the fact that the Earth will soon turn into a planet of robots.
      1. Pereira
        
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        14 January 2021 08: 14
        
        Moreover, black biorobots.
        
        Whirlwind
        
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        14 January 2021 10: 33
        
        Judging by America, white biorobots are enslaved by black biorobots ...
    3. astepanov
      
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      14 January 2021 13: 11
      
      Quote: Shurik70
      Is it really that hard to make a cutting machine?
      
      It's not about the cutting machines. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is an extremely difficult material to process. Plain polyethylene is melted and drawn into strands and films. With ultra-high molecular weight, this number does not work: it softens at a higher temperature and at the same time undergoes destruction, losing its valuable properties. This material has been around for quite some time since the late fifties, but it was recycling problems that slowed down adoption.
      The processing is simplified as follows: the material is dissolved at high temperature in a suitable solvent with a high boiling point, such as diesel fuel or decaline, then cooled (which forms a gel) and extruded through dies. A heavy solvent is replaced with a low-boiling one - for example, heptane, by exposure in this solvent, then new extractions are carried out, drying and again extraction. Obviously, production is both complex and requires a huge amount of solvents (which must be recovered by distillation). Hence the low (so far) production volumes and, probably, the high price. But the material is extremely interesting - both in strength and high modulus of elasticity, and lightness, and chemical resistance, and a low coefficient of friction (lower than that of Teflon!), And an unlimited raw material base, and therefore it is guaranteed to find many applications. And what kind of line would come out of him!
    4. igaivoro
      
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      14 January 2021 15: 22
      
      Do you think that the photo was posted exactly where this fabric is being cut? )))
    5. Svetlana
      
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      15 January 2021 15: 21
      
      do not draw conclusions from pictures. They are usually about nothing.
    6. businessv
      
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      15 January 2021 20: 19
      
      Quote: Shurik70
      Is it really that hard to make a cutting machine? It's elementary!
      
      There will be an order, there will be computer cutting and cutting, do not worry about that, it's too early! The main thing is that the voiced result coincides with reality, then everything will be fine!
    7. rusboris
      
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      20 January 2021 22: 47
      
      Aramid material (kevlar) is being cut in the picture, the article itself is for elementary school and the title is silly. The warrior is a set of head to toe protection + appropriate wearable personal equipment and equipment places. And, UHMWP are armor plates with a thickness of 10 or 20 mm, which are inserted into the pockets of body armor instead of steel or an aramid (kevlar) package. Therefore, colleagues, be critical of the efforts of the copywriter. UHMWP has advantages over aramid. It is lighter and is not afraid of moisture. There are downsides. Aramid keeps normally at + 300C, UHMWP loses its protective properties at + 100C. UHMWP plate 20 mm thick, holds only PM and 12 caliber hunting rifle. therefore it is used for body armor of cash registers or police. For an automatic bullet, 5-10 mm ceramic plates are placed in front of the UHMWP (aramid, kevlar). thickness. This is called an army-style body armor. A layer of 20-25 mm thick ceramics is placed on the BMP armor, sometimes with an aramid package. UHMWP is not used (burns). This sandwich holds a 12,7 mm armor-piercing bullet. Therefore, UHMWP and aramid are called a substrate and serve only to stop fragments of ceramics and the remnants of a bullet destroyed by a ceramic layer.
      
      In the photo, an armor-piercing incendiary bullet of 12,7 mm pierced the ceramic layer and got stuck in the UHMWP, melting it with an incendiary composition.
      1. rusboris
        
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        20 January 2021 22: 54
        
        In the photo, the bullet came from the right side. The pottery is visible, it is white, cylindrical in shape. UHMWP layer 20 mm thick, raised. The remains of a bullet are visible in the crater. The armor-piercing core of the bullet fell apart from the impact on the ceramics.
  2. YOUR
    
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    14 January 2021 08: 15
    
    Bullet-proof vests with positive buoyancy have been in service with marines, tankers and naval aviation pilots for a decade. At least this is the declared Name - "Fort Corsair MP"
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3. Insurgent
  
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  14 January 2021 07: 37
  To replace the "Ratnik" outfit: in Russia, a heavy-duty polyethylene used in body armor has been created
  
  The "Warrior" set is not so bad and oldto change it so soon and at a cost, by the way ... We need to talk about the modification (modernization) of the newly produced kits, since the new polyethylene has shown itself so well.
  
  From my experience of contact with polyethylene as a protective material, I want to note that I was not impressed by the Ukrop trophy "polyethylene" helmets (I already wrote about this).
  
  The shelling of such a helmet from the RPK-74 showed that the helmet is "stitched for flight" from all distances, and the "filler" sticking out of the hole rather resembles layers of stretch food-grade plastic wrap, in which food is wrapped for storage ...
  
  That is why, although at that time we did not have much with Kevlar, none of ours was tempted by such a "super helmet", limiting himself only to picking out the harness from them in order to "integrate" it into the old grandfather school.
  1. Aviator_
    
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    14 January 2021 08: 03
    
    Is there an outlet in the picture?
    1. Insurgent
      
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      14 January 2021 08: 09
      
      Quote: Aviator_
      Is there an outlet in the picture?
      
      The photo is not mine, but ukropskoe, I didn’t photograph at the positions in principle.
      Bandeva, too, didn’t really believe the "native Ukroboronprom" and fired at the helmet from the SHOTGUN.
      
      The result is on the face (photo). And 5,45 leaves just a small hole, with a chipped outer "shell", from under which layers of polyethylene can be seen.
  2. Cottodraton
    
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    14 January 2021 08: 09
    
    Well, they are designed for shrapnel up to 1 g and 600 m / s or pistol bullets, and even then the bullets get dents on the helmet floor ...
    1. Insurgent
      
      +8
      
      14 January 2021 08: 20
      
      Quote: Cottodraton
      From the PKK, you are of course strong
      
      I haven't tried it from PKM yet. And in fact - "fragments up to 1 g and 600 m / s"This" zahist "loses in all respects to the usual army (not the newest) 6B7, and not in theory, but in practice.
      
      I came across a case when an 82mm mine fragment, having pierced the hood of the "slide", got stuck in the 6B7 "rim".
      
      Millimeters lower, and the fighter would have been "200" ... And a fragment of a gram is up to 10, of course no one measured the speed .
      It is true that the fighter snatched out a "slap on the back", but he was not sickly, but alive. And with polyethylene it would be out ...
  3. The leader of the Redskins
    
    -12
    
    14 January 2021 08: 27
    
    As always, you are drawn to the "fleas", as in that joke.
    Many are already tired of the fact that VO is dominated by news about Dill.
    Especially for you, I would like to remind you that we have announced the creation of new material in RUSSIA.
    Your photo is old, it is most likely Kevlar, but you shove it on occasion and without ...
    And if you read the article more carefully, you would understand that high molecular weight polyethylene will also break through from a machine gun.
    1. Insurgent
      
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      14 January 2021 08: 36
      
      Quote: Leader of the Redskins
      Your old photo, it is most likely Kevlar
      
      "Pan engineer", you are either color blind or have no idea what "kevlar" looks like (in the Russian case - "aramid") - a material of a characteristic "golden" color
      
      Here, in general, a "classic", a modification of the 6B12 armor, produced without a "cover".
      
      Quote: Leader of the Redskins
      And if you read the article more carefully, you would understand that high molecular weight polyethylene will also break through from a machine gun.
      
      Have you read the article yourself, sir?
      
      It is indicated that the newest Russian material is capable of withstanding a direct hit from small arms ammunition or a fragment moving at speeds up to 670 m / s.
      
      In your opinion, this polyethylene miracle "Ukrooboronprom" was not shot from AK-74?
      1. The leader of the Redskins
        
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        14 January 2021 08: 49
        
        If you google, you will notice that Kevlar has different colors and thicknesses of threads. Depending on the country of origin. I am far from thinking that dill made their helmets from Russian aramid.
        Secondly, you posted information that the shelling of this "miracle" was carried out from a machine gun. If I'm not mistaken, the muzzle velocity of the RPK, PKM bullet is higher than those stated in the article. So try adding two and two.
        I'd like to add that I had to try on Kevlar and polyethylene helmets at the exhibition for three years. The difference in weight is palpable. I already wrote about this. Dig into my old comments, you love that.
        
        Insurgent
        
        +4
        
        14 January 2021 08: 56
        
        Quote: Leader of the Redskins
        Secondly, you posted information that the shelling of this "miracle" was carried out from a machine gun. If I'm not mistaken, the muzzle velocity of the RPK, PKM bullet is higher than those stated in the article. So try adding two and two.
        
        Fold by yourself. Better yet, take the trouble to read what the interlocutor writes, and not carry nonsense from yourself.
        
        Quote: Insurgent
        The shelling of such a helmet from the RPK-74 showed that helmet "stitched for departure" from all distances
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      1. The leader of the Redskins
        
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        14 January 2021 09: 15
        
        Sorry, but I will not sit on the same hectare with you.
        
        Insurgent
        
        +6
        
        14 January 2021 09: 18
        
        Quote: Leader of the Redskins
        Sorry, but I will not sit on the same hectare with you.
        
        Of course ,understandably - your hectare is there, "in the lavas of the visitor"
    3. Dym71
      
      +3
      
      14 January 2021 10: 51
      
      Quote: Leader of the Redskins
      on VO dominance of news about dill
      
      Bah! Pan Nazariy, did not expect from you, how can you write for Nenka's house like that?
      Affected?
  4. Slon1978
    
    +3
    
    14 January 2021 09: 07
    
    Here you need to understand the details. The article says about the speed of bullets and fragments, withstood by the material, up to 670 m / s (again, how thick is the layer of material that can withstand it?). The RPK-74 bullet flies at least 950 m / s even from a worn barrel. Therefore, the result of your tests is logical, even if we assume that the quality of polyethylene is no worse than Russian. And then there is another nuance - "small arms ammunition" - a very extensible concept. 7H10 from AK-74U is not equal to 7H24 from AK-74M, and even more so is not equal to 7,62x54 from SVD. And this is all small arms ammunition. The article is more advertising ... details are not enough to reason here.
    1. Insurgent
      
      +4
      
      14 January 2021 09: 15
      
      Quote: Slon1978
      details are not enough to reason here
      
      Actually, I did not go into lengthy and idle reflections and calculations, but submitted information from military experience - "as is."
      
      In addition, in a NATO, battered Kevlar helmet, a bullet "on exhaustion" was fired from either the PKK or the AK - "stuck", but the Okrainskiy one in polyethylene is NOT.
      From the grandfather's school there is an option that it will rebound - polyethylene - NO.
      
      I repeat that I'm writing about Okrainsky polyethylene.
      1. Slon1978
        
        +1
        
        14 January 2021 09: 24
        
        Yes, I read carefully what you wrote. Your (or Ukrop) experience of shelling a helmet confirms my understanding of reality :) And it is such that it is fundamentally impossible to create a material and a helmet from it, allowing a fighter to survive even a 5,45 bullet hit at an angle near the normal (90). It will either be very heavy and break the neck without breaking, or it will break through at such angles of impact. Therefore, there are such "streamlined" formulations about "small arms ammunition" without specifying the caliber, bullet weight, and angle of impact.
        
        Insurgent
        
        +1
        
        14 January 2021 09: 31
        
        Quote: Slon1978
        Therefore, there are such "streamlined" formulations about "small arms ammunition" without specifying the caliber, bullet weight, and angle of impact.
        
        But, in fairness, I want to note that in my commentary, I somewhat "took" the topic towards a "pure polyethylene" helmet, and even a fake one from the outskirts.
        
        But this material should (and will obviously be) used in combination with armor plates ...
  5. astepanov
    
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    14 January 2021 13: 13
    
    Quote: Insurgent
    From my own experience of contact with polyethylene
    
    Are you sure it was UHMWPE?
    1. Insurgent
      
      +1
      
      16 January 2021 07: 25
      
      Quote: astepanov
      Are you sure it was UHMWPE?
      
      Note that и How I wrote :
      Quote: Insurgent
      From my experience of contact with polyethylene
      
      Throughout - just polyethylene.
      
      Based on how he led the shell during shelling, even from a shotgun, and from what I saw myself, describing what I saw:
      Quote: Insurgent
      "filler" sticking out of the hole rather resembles layers of stretch food plastic wrap, in which food is wrapped for storage
      
      - it is more logical to address your question to the ukrovirobniki, who stuffed something incomprehensible there.
  6. Cool but not Igor
    
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    15 January 2021 17: 55
    
    The "Warrior" set is not so bad and old
    
    Not so bad or good? How much would you rate a warrior on a 12-point system? Please tell us your findings after using it
4. antivirus
  
  -2
  
  14 January 2021 09: 45
  
  metallurgists in flight - the ships will be built from plastic.
  destroyer-UDC-frigates do not sink.
  Tinker-plumber is a profession in shipbuilding.
  Lisin and Usmanov will go broke.
  Can wheel-rails be formed from plastic?
5. Togilen
  
  +7
  
  14 January 2021 11: 03
  No, this is ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP), the technology for producing ultra-strong UHMWPE fiber was developed using domestic UHMWPE powder produced on the IKT-8-20V catalyst at the VNIISV pilot plant (Tver) in 2007. Its specific strength reaches 350 gf / tex, which is almost 1,5 times higher than that of the best Armos / Kevlar aramid fibers. The problem was in binders that could glue the UHMWP fiber into a single composite. Only in 2020, the specialists of the Armocom Center and the Central Research Institute of Special Machine Building (Khotkovo) managed to develop a composite composition based on UHMWPE fiber and, which is very important, a technology for molding not only flat, but also curved products from polyethylene composite.
  Chest armor panel made of polyethylene composite on water - positive buoyancy. The nature of the destruction of 7N28 bullets during shelling of UHMWPE composite with a thickness of 10 mm - 40% of the thickness is pierced.
  1. SHOPPING MALL
    
    0
    
    15 January 2021 10: 53
    
    Quote: Togilen
    No, this is ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP), the technology for producing ultra-strong UHMWPE fiber was developed using domestic UHMWPE powder produced on the IKT-8-20V catalyst at the VNIISV pilot plant (Tver) in 2007. Its specific strength reaches 350 gf / tex, which is almost 1,5 times higher than that of the best Armos / Kevlar aramid fibers. The problem was in binders that could glue the UHMWP fiber into a single composite. Only in 2020, the specialists of the Armocom Center and the Central Research Institute of Special Machine Building (Khotkovo) managed to develop a composite composition based on UHMWPE fiber and, which is very important, a technology for molding not only flat, but also curved products from polyethylene composite.
    Chest armor panel made of polyethylene composite on water - positive buoyancy. The nature of the destruction of 7N28 bullets during shelling of UHMWPE composite with a thickness of 10 mm - 40% of the thickness is pierced.
    
    There are many directions for improving individual body armor, I considered them here:
    Armor of God: technologies for promising means of individual armor protection
    https://topwar.ru/165719-dospehi-boga-tehnologii-dlja-perspektivnyh-sredstv-individualnoj-bronezaschity.html
    
    Battle suit. Wound statistics, bullets and splinters
    https://topwar.ru/166022-boevoj-skafandr-statistika-ranenij-puli-i-oskolki.html
    
    In the foreseeable future, the effectiveness of the main small arms of the Armed Forces will greatly decrease, and the effectiveness of weapons capable of engaging with small fragments, such as grenade launchers or AGS, will decrease even more.
    
    No wonder the United States attended to the NGSW program
    
    We also need to move in this direction, for example:
    Forgotten Soviet cartridge 6x49 mm vs cartridge 6,8 mm NGSW
    https://topwar.ru/164855-zabytyj-sovetskij-patron-6h49-mm-protiv-patrona-68-mm-ngsw.html
6. Nikolaevich I
  
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  14 January 2021 15: 02
  
  UHMWPE is not a novelty in the world at all! It has been produced, as they say, not for the first year! Here are some data on the production of UHMWPE in the world ...
  World manufacturers of UHMWPE
  
  Celanese Corporation (USA), Braskem SA (Brazil), DSM NV (Holland) and Mitsui Chemicals Inc. dominate the global UHMWPE market. (Japan). Celanese, with production units in Oberhausen (Germany), Bishop (Texas, USA) and Nanjing (14 thousand tons / year, China), has the largest capacity in the world for the production of UHMWPE - 108 thousand tons per year. The second behind Celanese is Braskem, whose capacity amounted to 45 thousand tons in 2018. Both producers account for more than 60% of all world UHMWPE capacities
7. zenion
  
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  15 January 2021 00: 23
  
  It is best to hide behind an armored car, which is being pushed by five soldiers, and behind they are carrying the shield of Kashchei the Immortal.
Pessimist22

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14 January 2021 06: 26

I read this news in 18 years.
1. Togilen
  
  +5
  
  14 January 2021 11: 04
  
  you physically couldn't read it at 18
Cowbra

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14 January 2021 06: 31

It seems to me that there are sanctions for the supply of various polymers to the Russian Federation, ranging from composites for the aircraft industry. They started to give effect)))
1. Maki Avellevich
  
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  14 January 2021 07: 38
  
  Quote: Cowbra
  It seems to me that there are sanctions for the supply of various polymers to the Russian Federation, ranging from composites for the aircraft industry. They started to give effect)))
  
  UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight High Density Polyethylene) began to be produced already in the 50s. the title hints at new material when in fact it is a modification of the old one.
  1. Cowbra
    
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    14 January 2021 07: 45
    
    We didn't have ... Now we have
  2. Polymer
    
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    14 January 2021 10: 13
    
    In Russia, a special super-lightweight and ultra-strong material has been developed ...
    We are talking about the so-called ultramolecular polyethylene
    
    A good invention, only it was really made in the 50s of the last century. UHMWPE has been used in industry for a long time. True, it is still very expensive, so it is used only when absolutely necessary.
    1. Cowbra
      
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      14 January 2021 11: 11
      
      Invented in the 50s, the fibers were obtained only in the 70s. When was it brought to mind? It is not clear at all. And not the point, the point is. that with the sanctions we have begun to stir - and the composites for the aviation industry - our own, and the bulletproof vest, which the "inventors" do not have
  3. astepanov
    
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    14 January 2021 13: 19
    
    Minus. Making polyethylene is one thing, but converting it into products is another. The processing methods used for ordinary polyethylene are in principle not suitable for UHMWP.
2. Togilen
  
  +10
  
  14 January 2021 11: 06
  
  It seems to me that there are sanctions for the supply of various polymers to the Russian Federation, ranging from composites for the aircraft industry. They started to give effect)))
  
  No, the material was developed in 2007 at VNIISV, and only now it suddenly turned out to be necessary.
  I am already writing an article on super strong high modulus yarns and fibers and ballistic fabrics and composites made from them.
evgen1221

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14 January 2021 06: 35

Great! I'm sure that in the national economy, so to speak, the material would be useful. The Chinese and Americans periodically introduce military developments with great success into the domestic sphere and make a good cash register, plus not weak PR for their military-industrial complex and science into the bargain.
1. Togilen
  
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  14 January 2021 11: 11
  
  Would come in handy of course. At one time, the SVM thread produced at Kalininsky Khimvolokno and the fabric from it went to the cord for car tires, but things did not go further than experimental batches. And out of 6 factories and pilot plants, we now have an industrial scale aramid thread and fabric produced from it only at Kamenskvolokno. The TsAN workshop in Tver was warmed up in 2008, and before that they were suing Alfa-Bank, they fired 250 people at once, then the fire was restored according to the court. There is no more production in Tver. And at the VNIISV pilot plant, the production of UHMWP fiber is 5 (FIVE) tons per year.
2. Togilen
  
  0
  
  15 January 2021 22: 36
  
  The trick is that the United States has a much greater industrial and technological potential. At one time, when I visited VNIISV on the PAN thread, I was told that the shop was closing (Rostec came), and most of our production was pissed away in the 2000s. Fortunately, such production remained in the Republic of Belarus, so for now we have something to make carbon fibers and composites from them. The Argon plant in Balakovo used a viscose fiber precursor that was produced at the Balakovo PO Khimvolokno named after V. IN AND. Lenin, but the latter was declared bankrupt in 2004 (if memory is not changed), the largest production of hydrated cellulose fibers and threads in Europe. Our Sibvolokno was in second place, in the 80s they made up to 65 thousand tons per year, a plant was built nearby under the code "Viscose-85" for the production of SVM thread for the defense and aerospace industries. But in 2005, the end came to us, although in fact much earlier.
  1. minus
    
    0
    
    28 October 2022 16: 51
    
    But wasn’t TSVM and TSVM J made using chemical fiber in Krasnoyarsk (Sivinit)? It was destroyed even earlier.
Vladimir_2U

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14 January 2021 06: 47

and this means the fighter saves energy, and hence the ability to maintain combat effectiveness longer.
As a human being, it was impossible to write: "to save strength." How about what kind of robots, honestly. And the news is good.
1. Paranoid50
  
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  14 January 2021 13: 16
  
  Quote: Vladimir_2U
  How about what kind of robots, honestly.
  
  Not about robots, but about combat units - everything is correct, this is not a branch of Elle Girl magazine.
  1. Vladimir_2U
    
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    14 January 2021 14: 45
    
    [quote = Paranoid50] but about combat units - everything is correct, this is not a branch of the magazine Oh, how witty, why then did they not specify what kind of energy is saved, kinetic or potential, or maybe electrical?
rotmistr60

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14 January 2021 06: 56

Lighter, stronger and more buoyant. If the characteristics of the material really correspond to the declared, then one can only congratulate.
1. Maki Avellevich
  
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  14 January 2021 07: 41
  
  Quote: rotmistr60
  Lighter, stronger and more buoyant. If the characteristics of the material really correspond to the declared, then one can only congratulate.
  
  Since time immemorial, all Polyethylene has a specific gravity below 1 gram per square centimeter.
  not much true, he no longer drowns than swims.
syndicalist

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14 January 2021 07: 01

In the early 90s, Kevlar thread appeared in Russian fishing stores, which was very popular with spinners who were not spoiled by abundance. I liked it until foreign counterparts appeared. Well, when in the early 2000s there appeared Dupont and YGK-shny "threads" made of high molecular weight polyethylene, Kevlar finally migrated to the area of fishing jokes. After another 20 years, we read about the emergence of technologies for the production of PE-filament in Russia. Whether it is foreign or worse, we learn from the same fishing shops.
1. Ka-52
  
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  14 January 2021 07: 32
  
  After another 20 years, we read about the emergence of technologies for the production of PE-filament in Russia. Whether it is foreign or worse, we learn from the same fishing shops.
  
  ummm .... I think it's not worth comparing them and our threads, but the previous technology of manufacturing personal protection and the new one. If there is an increase in penetration resistance against the background of a decrease in weight, then isn't the rest important? After all, not a fighter with a new body armor will not go fishing
  1. syndicalist
    
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    14 January 2021 08: 13
    
    So threads are the main component of this protection. Threads and canvas from them. Comparative protection tests are always biased. It is difficult to get real information on them.
2. AUL
  
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  14 January 2021 08: 25
  
  Quote: syndicalist
  After another 20 years, we read about the emergence of technologies for the production of PE-filament in Russia. Whether it is foreign or worse, we learn from the same fishing shops.
  
  God forbid you from our braids, especially from St. Petersburg "Aqua"! Feces are rare. For me, it's better than the Dive J-braid x8 in terms of price / quality. I caught it for two year-round seasons, I haven't turned it over yet!
yuriy55

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14 January 2021 08: 08

We are talking about the so-called ultramolecular polyethylene, the plates of which will become the basis of body armor. The material is lighter not only than metal, but also Kevlar-based organoplastic used in the creation of American body armor.

When I read articles with such material, my heart begins to beat faster - the Russian heroes have not yet died out on the earth, the minds have not become scarce, skills and dexterity have not been lost.
There is an article where:
US Army and Police officers wear heavy, rigid body armor for protective purposes to provide adequate protection. However, the silk of the Madagascar spider is 10 times stronger than Kevlar, the material used in most body armor.
If it was possible to invent a method for the production of spider silk on an industrial scale, then body armor would be made of lightweight, heavy-duty material that can reliably protect the body from bullets and shrapnel.

Isn't this the way our developers went to create an artificial web?
You know, every time peeling onions, I am amazed at how difficult it is to cut its dry husks. Cutting a tomato with a not quite sharp knife is also problematic. But, there are people who not only notice such features, but also apply these properties in practice ...
1. Insurgent
  
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  14 January 2021 08: 52
  
  Quote: yuriy55
  If it was possible to invent a method for the production of spider silk on an industrial scale, then body armor would be made of lightweight, heavy-duty material that can reliably protect the body from bullets and shrapnel.
  
  At one time I read about experiments on the genetic modification of goats, which were "grafted" with the spider gene, which is responsible for the production of the material of which the web actually consists.
  
  Why goats? It's simple ... Scientists intended to isolate the substance of the spider thread from the milk fed from goats ...
  
  How the experiments ended, what the experiments led to
  1. Vadim237
    
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    14 January 2021 17: 12
    
    This experiment continues.
Zaurbek

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14 January 2021 09: 20

The Russian supermolecular polyethylene is planned to be used in the creation of body armor, which will replace the set of military uniforms (equipment) "Ratnik".

Previously, it was bought for armored vehicles (Police) in Dupont .... but for the army they could not buy it.
1. Vadim237
  
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  14 January 2021 17: 14
  
  In fact, this type of polyethylene was in fact only launched into a series before no one had it.
  1. Zaurbek
    
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    14 January 2021 18: 14
    
    Americans have been selling for 30 years. High molecular weight polyethylene
Graz

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14 January 2021 09: 29

that now the soldiers will be dressed in suits of imperial stormtroopers from ZV
Alexey-74

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14 January 2021 12: 16

If only they really let them into the series and provide the servicemen with proper protection, and not just remain a promising development, as often happens with us.
Germanium

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14 January 2021 17: 49

And what if we build ships and submarines from this material? :)
1. sharp-lad
  
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  14 January 2021 22: 08
  
  Better immediately cast from rhenium.
Eug

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14 January 2021 22: 38

Is it a well-known Super High Molecular Polyethylene UHMWP or something new? It has been used in aviation for a long time.
skobars

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14 January 2021 23: 11

Let's hope that ours will succeed. And the first armor was certainly not very good. Before Chechnya, I took out the plate and checked it at the shooting range from 5,45 mm, from 100 meters right through. So, I did not take him to the mountains - no sense and a serious infection. But sleeping on it was comfortable, you open it like a cradle and you can throw it into any dirt, felt inserts warmed your back well even in winter. And then, like Cuirass, they went, those were already credited, they held a bullet point-blank and even became easier.
Ratmir_Ryazan

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14 January 2021 23: 48

Cool, you will not say anything.
garik77

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14 January 2021 23: 54

Quote: Shurik70
Ultra-durable, ultra-modern material! And they cut out - MANUALLY ...
Is it really that hard to make a cutting machine? It's elementary!
Savings everywhere. Economists, damn it. Then they wonder why the product is not competitive.

Will go into series, then machine cutting will appear. Until then, manual testing is enough.
Nikon O'Conor

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15 January 2021 22: 20

All this is good. Question to the author: is the "super-strong" material in the photo sewn with a "super-penetrating" manual sewing machine?
The answer is not needed - it's sarcasm))
And yes, I see that only covers are stitched)
Andron59

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20 January 2021 16: 15

Here's how to make a lining in armored vehicles - protection from shrapnel.