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A high performance armor protection system for tank crews and other combat vehicles includes a high performance armor deflection technique for blocking armor piercing weapons. The armor deflection technique utilizes metal balls which are organized in a specific pattern in which the balls are placed

A high performance armor protection system for tank crews and other combat vehicles includes a high performance armor deflection technique for blocking armor piercing weapons. The armor deflection technique utilizes metal balls which are organized in a specific pattern in which the balls are placed in a predetermined number of vertical rows such that a blocking force is generated against armor piercing weapons. The metal balls may be of a predetermined diameter for the purpose of generating a target density and improving the effect of the deflection technique. The deflection technique prevents armor piercing weapons and chemical piercing jets by causing the metal balls to rotate and thereby deflect the kinetic energy of the weapons and to further form a greater target density to stop the weapons. The armor protection system may be disposed around a tank or fighting vehicle in a belted formation for maximum coverage and protection from attack from any possible angle such that the crews and combat personnel operate within a safe and injury free space.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] An armor protection system for protecting a tank having a turret comprising:a first arrangement of contained metal balls disposed around the turret to substantially surround the turret;a second arrangement of contained metal balls located in a bottom portion of the tank; anda third

[ I claim:] [1.] An armor protection system for protecting a tank having a turret comprising:a first arrangement of contained metal balls disposed around the turret to substantially surround the turret;a second arrangement of contained metal balls located in a bottom portion of the tank; anda third arrangement of contained metal balls located adjacent a location where the turret attaches to a remainder of the tank,said first, second and third arrangements of contained metal balls each including a metal container having outer and inner walls forming at least a partial void therebetween, the contained metal balls being disposed within the metal containers.