Application of titanium alloy in armored vehicle

Nowadays, the development of anti-armor weapons is very fast, and many artillery weapons with very superior armor-piercing ability are launched. Based on this, the defense ability of armored vehicles is also put forward high requirements. In order to improve the defense capability of armored vehicles, it is usually done to increase the thickness and weight of armored vehicles. According to relevant data, the weight of armored vehicles has increased by at least 15%-20% in the last decade, and their mobility is bound to be affected with the increase in weight The United States, for example, the M1A1 ai blum tanks, bombard the tank assembly is 120 mm, its firepower and protection are very good, but it is also the world's heaviest tank, so if the operational area for soft desert environment, so it will be difficult to do like hard gallop freely, it will have great influence on the tactical performance In order to reduce the weight of armored vehicles and improve their missile resistance and maneuverability, the United States focuses on titanium alloy materials at present. Through relevant tests, it has been verified that titanium alloy materials are equivalent to steel armor in terms of bulletproof performance, and even higher than steel armor in terms of fragment resistance Based on the same bulletproof system, titanium alloy armor can reduce the weight of steel armor by 25%. Therefore, in improving the performance of armored vehicles, titanium alloy material instead of steel material will be one of the very effective ways.