Wac aw Borkowski

STUDIES ON POSSIBILITIES OF INCREASING THE IMPACT RESISTANCE OF KTO ROSOMAK

Military vehicles are mostly designed in order to provide effective execution of tasks in regions of expected actions and operation conditions. During execution of projects, resulting from participation in peace making and stabilization missions, military vehicles are subject to the impact of various mines and improvised explosives. In many cases, the explosive material mass included in the explosive charges affecting the vehicles significantly exceeds the values specified in standards defining the required protection levels assumed at the design stage. The above determines the search for additional shields or energy-absorbing elements reducing the effects of such influence. Information concerning design solutions is usually classified or very limited. Majority of companies dealing with that issue provides information concerning the scope of their business, highlighting the military area thus high efficiency of their protective solutions, possibly presenting a general outline of a particular solution. This paper presents selected results of analyses and studies being carried out and obtained results of solutions to problems included in the study tasks covering a considered subject. Proposed solutions of protective shields against mines and IED for the KTO Rosomak are presented.