Abstract
Small caliber artillery plays an important role in the destruction of lightly armored and easily vulnerable equipment. Currently, a search is underway to increase its damaging effect. The article deals with the possibility of increasing the damaging effects of small-caliber artillery ammunition in the fuel tanks of aircraft and helicopters. The physicochemical properties of fluoropolymer materials are considered. The process of thermodynamic decomposition of a fluoropolymer is considered. The results of experiments on the interaction of fluoroplastic and aluminum / titanium alloys are analyzed. Pictures of changes in the titanium wet structure under the impact of ammunition including fluoroplastic are shown. The Ballistic Stand installation was designed to evaluate the incendiary effect of fluoropolymer materials. Several possible designs of projectiles containing fluoroplastic are selected to evaluate their structural characteristics for incendiary effect. A comparison of the results of the calculation of the probability of the incendiary effect of strikers based on fluoropolymers on diesel fuel was made.
Highlights
In modern combat, small-caliber barrel artillery is highly effective in fighting both with the weakly protected and lightly armored vehicles
From the physical factors affecting important functional units of airplanes and helicopters, an incendiary effect is of great interest
Analysis of the results of the experiments shows that during the impact of strikers containing fluoroplast with obstacles based on titanium alloys, a characteristic black scurf of interaction products is formed on the surface, similar to that formed when interacting with an aluminum-containing obstacle
Summary
Small-caliber barrel artillery is highly effective in fighting both with the weakly protected and lightly armored vehicles. These groups of equipment include ground equipment (infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and their varieties), as well as various types of aircraft. In connection with the recent active use of assault and tactical aviation and helicopters against enemy vehicles, the development and improvement of small-caliber barrel artillery ammunition has become necessary. The effectiveness of the impact on aviation of small-caliber ammunition is the sum of the total number of hits that lead to the disruption of the life support systems and the functioning of the aircraft.
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