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An armour assembly for armoured vehicles

Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1986-05-13
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-05-13
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Abstract

Abstract An armour assembly for armoured vehicles. In front of a conventional armoured wall (1) and spaced therefrom there is mounted a perforated wall (2) comprising a plurality of holes (4) evenly distributed thereover, the size of the holes and the distances between them being within the range of calibres of small-arms ammunition. The outer, perforated wall may be mounted by means of braces, struts (3) and the like or else with the intermediary of a corrugated, perforated metal sheet (8) comprising a plurality of holes of similar size and distribution as the holes of the perforated outer wall. There are also provided perforated plates and perforated corrugated metal sheet for use in such assemblies.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yami Tarsi
  • 👤 David Ben-Moshe
  • 👤 Gideon Rosenberg

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 12:09
CPC Classifications
F; F41; F41H; F41H5/00; F41H5/02; B; B32; B32B; B32B3/00; B32B3/26; B32B3/266; B32B15/00; B32B15/01; B32B15/017; B32B15/20; B32B3/28; F41H5/023; F41H5/04; F41H5/0442; F41H5/045; B32B2571/00; B32B2571/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 57 words
An armour assembly for an armoured vehicle comprising an armour wall (inner armour ,wall), characterized by at least one outer, perforated armour wall spaced from the inner armour wall and comprising a plurality of holes evenly distributed thereover, the size of the holes and the distances between them being within the range of calibres of small-arms ammunition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 57 words
An armour assembly for an armoured vehicle comprising an armour wall (inner armour ,wall), characterized by at least one outer, perforated armour wall spaced from the inner armour wall and comprising a plurality of holes evenly distributed thereover, the size of the holes and the distances between them being within the range of calibres of small-arms ammunition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
An armour assembly according to Claim 1 characterized by more than one perforated plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 83 words
An armour assembly according to Claim 1 characterized in that said outer, perforated armour wall is connected to said inner armour wall by means of an intermediary corrugated, perforated metal sheet comprising a plurality of holes, the size of the holes and the distances between them on both the outer wall and the intermediary corrugated metal sheet being within the range of calibres of small-arms ammunition-4. An armoured vehicle characterized by an armour assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 3.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 49 words
For use in an armour assembly according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, a perforate metal plate characterized by a plurality of holes evenly distributed thereover, the size of each hole and the distances between the holes being within the range of calibres of small-arms ammunition projectiles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 43 words
For use in an armour assembly according to Claim 3, a corrugated perforated metal sheet characterized by a plurality of holes evenly distributed thereover, the size of the holes and the distances between them being within the range of calibres of small-arms ammunition.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US2733177A Cited
CH23749A Cited
FR50680E Cited
FR909792A Cited

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