Material and technological analysis of the new possibilities in the manufacture of add-on armour for military equipment

The paper presents new possibilities in the manufacture of add-on armour for military equipment (vehicles, helicopters or stationary objects) developed recently by the LUBAWA SA group. The dynamic development of these capabilities is based on new or upgraded equipment and production lines and on substantive support from the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Division of Light Metals (IMN OML) in the area of technologically advanced materials. The paper presents technical parameters and manufacturing capabilities of special materials based on aramid and polyethylene fibres and on chemically or thermally cured materials such as polyester resins, elastomers, etc. Materials based on light metal alloys, on the development of which IMN OML has been working for a number of years, are discussed. The possibilities of prefabrication and manufacture of finished modules of add-on armour designed for mobile and stationary equipment for military and special civilian purposes are described in the summary.

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).