ARMOURED VEHICLE

Yes, she much preferred people situations to artillery bombardments. That in mind, she couldn t be too dismayed when an armoured vehicle charged out of a side street and cut across her path. The hatch popped open and a man stood there waving a gun at her. 

TABLE 1. Weight and volume estimates for PEMFC power plants with hydrogen stored in 3 forms, compared with a diesel generator for powering a Warrior armoured vehicle. Fuel tank... 

A further example would be the silent watch auxiliary power unit developed by Hydrogenics for the Canadian Coyote armoured vehicle. This proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell APU also uses hydrogen stored as a metal hydride. Hydrogen is produced using an on-board electrolyser powered during operation of the diesel engine. 

Parkhurst, M.A. (2003). Measuring aerosols generated inside armoured vehicles perforated by depleted uranium ammunition. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 105 167-70. 

The most satisfactory detector deployed in the Gulf War was on the Fox recormaissance system, which is an armoured vehicle with several sorts of detector aboard, including ones that detect radioactivity. The main nerve agent detector, the MMl, is again based on mass spectrometry but it is much more sophisticated than the M8A1, and gives rise to far fewer false alarms. 

Koziolek, S., Rusinski, E., and Jamroziak, K. (2010). Critical to quality factors of engineering design process of armoured vehicles. Solid State Phenomena, 165, 280-284. 

A major use of Kevlar is in rigid and soft body armour protective applications. Kevlar fabric is bullet and fragment resistant, lightweight, flexible and comfortable, has excellent thermal properties, is resistant to cuts and chemicals and is flame resistant and self-extinguishing. The uses include bulletproof vests, chainsaw leg protection and military uses for helmets and armoured vehicles, cargo containers, armour shields and cockpit doors. 

Wheaton W., Vincent L, Dumas J. (2010), Adaptive camouflage techniques for a light armoured vehicle. Land Warfare Conference 2010, Brisbane, 725-30. 

In modem warfare, the importance of individual soldiers as sources of information will increase. New systems and equipment will be designed to enhance a soldier s role as a link in a local surveillance network. There will be increased importance placed on communication between soldiers and other units on the battlefield such as armoured vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (Figure 11.4). To cater to all these needs, the personal equipment of a soldier could include head-mounted displays, GPS, digital radio and video cameras. When designing these systems, textile anteimae will play a role in optimising the system performance. 

In the future, armoured vehicles could be better protected against conventional, non-conventional and NATO-certified ammunitions by using adaptable armour. The shape of an armoured vehicle could be made auto-adaptable so that it could change form when threats are detected by sensors. This would enable a vehicle to actively manage mechanical stress and energy absorption during an impact. Different smart active and passive materials could be used to resist various types of ballistic impacts. 

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