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tank has been known as the king of land warfare since its birth, especially after the end of World War II, the improvement of modern tank technology has allowed the performance of the tank itself to usher in considerable development. However, after all, everyone has the idea that "the better the things of others, the more beneficial they are", so "anti-tank" has also become an issue of great concern to the armies of various countries.
Russia recently held the "Army-2020" weapons and equipment expo. At the exhibition, Russia also announced many advanced weapons and equipment. Among them is a new type of top offensive anti-tank mine that has attracted everyone's attention. It is said that the mine technology has been very mature and is now mass-produced by the Russian Army for service. The emergence of this new type of top offensive anti-tank mine also indicates that the Russian army is challenging the defense of modern tanks.
The working principle of top offensive landmines
In fact, similar to the top offensive anti-tank mines that appeared at this exhibition, they have served in the US military a long time ago, and the U.S. military has also used Soviet-made T-72 tanks. Made his own top mine test. Even if the active and passive defense capabilities of tanks are getting stronger now, it still has shortcomings. The congenital shortcoming of the tank lies in its top and the upper part of the engine compartment. Since most of the armor of modern tanks are in the front part, the top of the turret and the engine compartment are relatively weak. Especially in the engine compartment, because most tanks need to travel for a long time or make maneuver evasion during battle, the engine compartment needs to release a lot of heat energy. If the armor is too thick, it will greatly reduce the heat dissipation of the tank.
The internal structure of the top attack mine
Therefore, in order to deal with the weakness of the tank, the tank is not good at bombing, and the anti-tank missile is too expensive. The top attack anti-tank mine has become a concept. The new type of Russian intelligent top attack mine is one of the typical examples of combating the weakness of tanks. The mine has an octopus-like base. This appearance is also a typical design of current top attack tanks. And we just mentioned that the United States was the first country to develop top-of-the-line mines, so its early representative work was the M93 "Bumblebee" wide-area anti-armor mine. Of course, the M93 is also an octopus base design. The biggest feature of the
top attack tank is that it has a particularly sensitive sensing device. The microcomputer technology used can give the mine "hearing" and "autonomous" intelligence. The mine can automatically detect and identify the enemy target on the battlefield, and then launch it into the enemy tank in the air according to its own "judgment". When it reaches a specified height (usually about 100-200m), it will explode to the target below, a high-energy armor-piercing projectile. The film can bring a fatal blow to the weakness of the tank. Therefore, many experts say that the top-attack anti-tank mine is a revolutionary new type of weapon. Even if it looks small, its technological level is still very high.
The US Army’s M93 Hornet anti-tank mine
The US Army’s M93 Hornet anti-tank mine has achieved good results in the T-72 experiment, which was completed in 1997. The M93 Hornet wide-area anti-armor intelligent landmine triggers an attack by vibration and sound, automatically aims before the explosion, and finally penetrates the top armor of the tank through the explosive formed warhead. In that experiment, 6 Hornet mines and 3 accurately hit the target. After more than two decades of development, today's top attack mines have a higher degree of lethality and intelligence.
FY-4 explosive reactive armor
Is such a tricky landmine really uncontrollable? There must be a way, otherwise countries will not continue to develop tanks. For example, the FY-4 explosive reactive armor of the People's Liberation Army 99A heavy main battle tank, which is draped on the weak part of the 99A during combat, can fully withstand the bombardment of this light offensive anti-tank mine. In fact, my country already has FY-5 explosive reactive armor. This new type of reactive armor module plus the armor of the car body can ensure that the explosion of the Hellfire anti-tank missile will not cause a fatal threat to the tank.
