Protection of trucks with special armor
An important feature of the conduct of hostilities in a local armed conflict is an active confrontation on communications. To ensure reliable and safe passage of transport columns along the routes of movement, a complex and rather voluminous complex of organizational and technical measures is organized and applied. Such complexes include increasing the individual protection of vehicles against enemy fire damage.
In the course of the first Chechen campaign, the Ural-4320 vehicles appeared in the military units of the Russian Army, on which the local armor protection system was installed. Despite some imperfection of the used construction, their use in real conditions of combat received a satisfactory assessment. The experience of the first mistakes was taken into account and after a while, cars with improved protection appeared in the military units.
New protection included closing on three sides of the front of the car, in which the engine is in full. The driver's cabin is covered with sheets of armor, and bullet-proof blocks are installed instead of ordinary glasses. To protect the fuel tank and transmission assemblies, as well as the car body, sheets with reinforced armor are used, which are able to reliably protect against direct contact with bullets, small caliber shells and mines fragments.
For the ability to conduct aimed fire from machine guns and other small weapons in the side and stern sheets, the walls were cut for loopholes, which by their design resemble BTR battlements - 60PB. If necessary, shooting on the slopes of the mountains and the upper floors of buildings can be conducted on top of the protected sides. The height of the walls of the armored box is equal to the height of the average person. The personnel inside the box is placed along the walls on the built-in folding benches. In order to protect against bad weather conditions, armored cars are additionally equipped with awnings that cover the armored box from above.
Taking into account the possibility of the enemy to use powerful ammunition, namely 152-mm artillery shells, as well as 120-mm mines, which are installed on the side of the roadway, the thickness of armor in trucks is significantly increased. The additional weight of the hinged protection had a negative effect on the speed of the car and its maneuverability, but the safety level of the personnel and the transported goods increased several times.
Machines protected by armor are very rarely used for the transportation of goods, material means, in most cases they are used to transport personnel to the place of execution of tactical and sentry combat missions, as well as for the transport of convoy guards. In such cases, direct interaction with combat vehicles is organized, in service of which ZU-23-2 is.
Armor is not the only method used to protect cars. So on some machines installed specials. EW equipment, which is used for reliable suppression of radio channels for control of land mines.
The cars replaced by armor became reliable protection for the personnel of motorized rifle units in the most difficult situations of military operations.
In the course of the first Chechen campaign, the Ural-4320 vehicles appeared in the military units of the Russian Army, on which the local armor protection system was installed. Despite some imperfection of the used construction, their use in real conditions of combat received a satisfactory assessment. The experience of the first mistakes was taken into account and after a while, cars with improved protection appeared in the military units.
New protection included closing on three sides of the front of the car, in which the engine is in full. The driver's cabin is covered with sheets of armor, and bullet-proof blocks are installed instead of ordinary glasses. To protect the fuel tank and transmission assemblies, as well as the car body, sheets with reinforced armor are used, which are able to reliably protect against direct contact with bullets, small caliber shells and mines fragments.
For the ability to conduct aimed fire from machine guns and other small weapons in the side and stern sheets, the walls were cut for loopholes, which by their design resemble BTR battlements - 60PB. If necessary, shooting on the slopes of the mountains and the upper floors of buildings can be conducted on top of the protected sides. The height of the walls of the armored box is equal to the height of the average person. The personnel inside the box is placed along the walls on the built-in folding benches. In order to protect against bad weather conditions, armored cars are additionally equipped with awnings that cover the armored box from above. Taking into account the possibility of the enemy to use powerful ammunition, namely 152-mm artillery shells, as well as 120-mm mines, which are installed on the side of the roadway, the thickness of armor in trucks is significantly increased. The additional weight of the hinged protection had a negative effect on the speed of the car and its maneuverability, but the safety level of the personnel and the transported goods increased several times.
Machines protected by armor are very rarely used for the transportation of goods, material means, in most cases they are used to transport personnel to the place of execution of tactical and sentry combat missions, as well as for the transport of convoy guards. In such cases, direct interaction with combat vehicles is organized, in service of which ZU-23-2 is.
Armor is not the only method used to protect cars. So on some machines installed specials. EW equipment, which is used for reliable suppression of radio channels for control of land mines.
The cars replaced by armor became reliable protection for the personnel of motorized rifle units in the most difficult situations of military operations.
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