<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During the last decades, the military combat vehicles and trucks were equipped with various weapon systems and laser rangefinders, optical devices and sighting equipment. The military vehicles were thus upgraded, so they become a more attractive target for enemy fire. Since ballistic armour cannot and will never completely protect vehicles against kinetic or explosive ammunitions, various pyrotechnic countermeasure systems such as smoke screening, were designed and implemented. Generating smoke screens or flares in the desired area (around the combat armoured vehicles) is a concern of many manufacturers of pyrotechnic protection systems, aiming to protect against detection in the visual (VIS) and infrared (IR) spectrum. The goal of this article is to present a brief state-of-the-art regarding the development of pyrotechnic smoke camouflage systems and flares used to ensure countermeasures in the visible and infrared electromagnetic spectrum. Types of pyrotechnic systems and structures for the protection of military vehicles will be described briefly.</p></abstract>

During the last decades, the military combat vehicles and trucks were equipped with various weapon systems and laser rangefinders, optical devices and sighting equipment. The military vehicles were thus upgraded, so they become a more attractive target for enemy fire. Since ballistic armour cannot and will never completely protect vehicles against kinetic or explosive ammunitions, various pyrotechnic countermeasure systems such as smoke screening, were designed and implemented. Generating smoke screens or flares in the desired area (around the combat armoured vehicles) is a concern of many manufacturers of pyrotechnic protection systems, aiming to protect against detection in the visual (VIS) and infrared (IR) spectrum. The goal of this article is to present a brief state-of-the-art regarding the development of pyrotechnic smoke camouflage systems and flares used to ensure countermeasures in the visible and infrared electromagnetic spectrum. Types of pyrotechnic systems and structures for the protection of military vehicles will be described briefly.

Aspects Regarding The Development Of Pyrotechnic Obscurant Systems For Visible And Infrared Protection Of Military Vehicles

Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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During the last decades, the military combat vehicles and trucks were equipped with various weapon systems and laser rangefinders, optical devices and sighting...

Aspects Regarding The Development Of Pyrotechnic Obscurant Systems For Visible And Infrared Protection Of Military Vehicles

Published Online: Nov 24, 2015

Page range: 731 - 736

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0123

Keywords
countermeasure, cloud-screening, obscurant systems, multiple launch tubes, smoke grenade launcher

© 2015 Gheorghe Bogdan Pulpea, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Aspects Regarding The Development Of Pyrotechnic Obscurant Systems For Visible And Infrared Protection Of Military Vehicles

Published Online: Nov 24, 2015

Page range: 731 - 736

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0123

Keywordscountermeasure, cloud-screening, obscurant systems, multiple launch tubes, smoke grenade launcher

© 2015 Gheorghe Bogdan Pulpea, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
countermeasure, cloud-screening, obscurant systems, multiple launch tubes, smoke grenade launcher