Future Armored Vehicles

Modern Protection Design

Vera Caylak, Engelbert Waßmuth

Bolzan, Italy

February, 2020
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Future Armored Vehicles
- Overview -

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DAPRA Thinks Less Armor Could Make Tanks Safer

Afterwards, teams will develop technologies designed to meet some or all

DARPA's GXV-T objectives:

 Reduce vehicle size and weight by 50 percent

 Reduce onboard crew needed to operate vehicle by 50 percent
 Increase vehicle speed by 100 percent
 Access 95 percent of terrain
 Reduce signatures that enable adversaries to detect and engage vehicles

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1. Market situation
2. Aim of the RLS – concept
3. Concet pictures
4. Technical data
5. Electrical propulsion
6. Timeframe
7. variant 6x6 weapon plattform
8. Summary
9. Perspective towards further variants

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Market situation

„european“ vehicle-concept
 Converted / retrofitted vehicle and chassis
 Partial mine protection

z.B. „Dingo“ from KMW

z.B. „Bushmaster“ from Timoney

www.army-technology.com www.kmweg.de

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Market situation

• „african“ vehicle-concepts
– „low tech“ special vehicles
– excellent mine protection

e.g. „Pookie 2000“ from forceware

e.g. „Büffel V1“

www.jed.simonides.org www.forceware.de

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Aim of the RLS – concept

european“
„ „african“
 up todate components  extrem mine protection
 conceptual limits  technical simplicity

RLS Ge Fa S
 extrem mine protection
 up todate components

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Aim of the RLS – concept

 Deployment of all mine protection principles

 Combination of all principles in a modular construction

 High ballistic protection

 Modular protection
 upgradeability

 Repair friendly build by using industrial components

 Low downtime
 Limitation of damage

 Utilisation of available and maintainable components

 Truck-parts

 Lorry track width

 Deployment within truck coloumns

 Remaining mobility
 redundant propulsion components

 Diesel-electric propulsion
 Components Fa. Magnet Motor

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Concept pictures

Concept development

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Concept pictures

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Concept pictures

360°-View
4x4 Variant
(Animation)

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Concept pictures

Closed, hung up safety cell in

composite construction

Open space on top

of the wheels

Axle widely infront resp.

behind of the safety cell

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Concept pictures

Protected rear
exit

Hung up storage

Storage for propulsion batteries

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Concept pictures

2292
28°

500
46° 49°

4834
6685

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Concept pictures

Modular-system

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Concept pictures

Main-module
1

Consisting of:
2
• decoupled safety cell (1)
• Support structure (2)
• Storage boxes (3)

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Concept pictures

Wing door
elastic damping element

Highly champfered side walls

Safety cell
protecting against blast

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Concept pictures

Energy absorbing support structure

Connecting bolt
(opt. Explosive bolt)

V-shaped, double-walled tub Support structure

without cutouts

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Concept pictures

3
Vehicle rear

Consisting of:
•Axle module (1)
1
•Battery boxes (2)
•Storage compartments (3)
4 •Rear module (4)

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Concept pictures

3 1 2
Vehicle front

Consisting of:
•Axle module (1)
•Propulsion module (2)
•Front module (3)

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Concept pictures

Cooler module Behr

GTK Boxer (as a Dummy)

Braking resistor
Magnet motor

MTU „HDP“-Motor
4R MT 898

Generator

Propulsion-module

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Concept pictures

double – wishbone
axle
Axle-module
Stearing gear

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Concept pictures

Cabin floor

Double walled support

structure
2300
1570

1105

Main module
500

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Concept pictures

Interior space „personal

carrier“

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Demonstrator

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Demonstrator – Vehicle Variants

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Perspective towards further variants

Based on reference data - development for future Lightweigth vehicle started for
performance improvement considerations in relation to:
• Design
• Materials
• Process

Lightweight vehicle
Composite technology

Future activities

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