Dongfeng 41 intercontinental missile is a strategic-level weapon with huge long-range damage capabilities. Intercontinental missiles are an indispensable deterrent weapon for major powers. Of course, the delivery vehicle for such a powerful weapon cannot be careless.
and its matching intercontinental missile launch vehicle are very complex. China is one of the few countries that can independently produce super-heavy missile launch vehicles. China's missile launch vehicles have also gone through many years of efforts from imitation to independent research and development.
The chassis structure of the Dongfeng 41 missile vehicle
The Dongfeng 41 missile vehicle adopts the HTF5980A super-heavy chassis produced by Shandong Tai'an Special Vehicle Factory, with an eight-axle 16*16 drive form, which has strong passability and maneuverability and a low center of gravity. It is a super-heavy TEL (transport-erector-launcher) missile launch vehicle with international advanced level and stable driving performance.
The car factory that can produce such a complex launch vehicle chassis is certainly not an ordinary person. Shandong Tai'an Special Vehicle Factory is affiliated to the First Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology) and is a state-owned enterprise designated by the country to produce special vehicles. In the early days,
produced a four-axis launch vehicle for the Dongfeng 15 missile, with the chassis code TAS5380. In addition to the missile launch vehicle, it also produced a series of military vehicles such as the TA5501 off-road chassis and the TA4410 transport tractor.
There are actually two companies in China that can produce TEL launch vehicles, Shandong Tai'an and Hubei Wanshan. Both of them borrowed technology from the former Soviet Union in their early stages of establishment. Among them, Hubei Wanshan is a joint venture between Hubei Sanjiang Aerospace Group and the Minsk Factory in Belarus. company. Although they all started by absorbing technology, Tai'an has found its own way.
The 8-axis all-wheel drive technology of the former Soviet Union has not been released to China. In the early stage, Hubei Wanshan started faster because of the technical support of the Maz543 four-axis chassis from the Minsk factory.
therefore improved and developed on its basis and soon introduced 6-axle or even 8-axle chassis. At this time, Taian still stayed on the 5-axle chassis, but due to the engine power, the eight-axle model also adopted the 16*12 form. Wanshan was very This problem was not solved for a long time.
However, in the later period, the Wanshan plant replaced the high-power engine with a 16*16 all-wheel drive . However, during the period when the Wanshan plant was stagnant, Shandong Tai'an made rapid progress. It not only had an all-wheel drive eight-axle model, but also technically Even better.
The HTF5980A used by Dongfeng 41 is its representative product. HTF5980A is an improved product of HTF5980 (HTF5980 is not all-wheel drive). At the beginning of the design, it avoided the defect of the Russian missile launcher's high center of gravity and easy rollover, and placed the engine behind the cab. Instead, it was partially moved down into the chassis, lowering the center of gravity.
also uses a through-type structure to allow the missile to pass through the middle of the cab, avoiding the dilemma of having to lengthen the chassis because the missile body is too long. The advanced design concept allows the Dongfeng 41 missile launch vehicle to have excellent performance, even in terms of driving stability. It surpasses the industry benchmark Baiyang M missile launch vehicle.
Conclusion
In just a few decades, China has not only had its own super-heavy missile launch vehicle, but it has also reached a world-class level. From scratch to advanced, it is inseparable from the support of the country and R&D experimenters. Work hard, I am sincerely proud to have such a strong motherland, pay tribute to the great motherland, and pay tribute to every worker who contributes to the construction of the motherland!
Author of this article: Wang Qian
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