METHODOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH BASICS OF COMBAT PARTS OF MEANS OF DEFEAT

Abstract

Modern combat weapons are one of the important and specific types of military equipment that largely determine the combat potential of the Armed Forces, and control and forecasting of their technical condition is an important component of ensuring serviceability. By the technical condition, we mean the totality of their properties, that change during operation and are characterized at a certain point in time by the defining parameters (signs) defined by the technical documentation. Given that the quantitative relationship between the chemical resistance of explosives and the terms of operation has not been established to date, it is necessary to conduct appropriate laboratory and experimental studies to assess their technical condition.
 The article provides the methodical and technological bases of remote sampling of explosive substances of a given shape and mass, which are used to determine: the ignition temperature and the amount of energy released; mass fractions of moisture, volatile substances and components; chemical stabilty, acidity, etc. As an example, the process of sampling from the warhead of a guided missile is shown.
 The study of combat units is carried out taking into account the features of the design and the action of the damage factors. High-explosive, fragmentation and cumulative targets have been developed for this purpose. Explosiveness, fragmentation (the number of useful fragments per 1 kg of charge) and cumulativeness (penetration depth) are used as the main parameters that determine their technical condition. The article provides examples of tests of various combat units and the results of the effects of factors affecting the target.
 The implementation of the main provisions of the methodical and technological foundations of the research of combat units made it possible to make informed decisions about the possibility, expediency and features of their further exploitation.