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Aluminium Alloy Armour for Light Armoured Vehicles

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Author	Doig, Alistair
Copyright Year	2020
Description	Aluminium alloy light armoured vehicles first emerged in the early 1950s, being designed with air-transportability and air-droppability in mind for rapid deployment. The American Ml 13 Armoured Personnel Carrier was the first military vehicle to be fabricated from aluminium alloy plate, and weighs around 7500 kg. Not only does the Milne de Marre graph show that aluminium alloy plate at less than 75 mm thick gives a better protection/weight ratio than steel, but its greater bulk means that fewer structural stiffeners are needed and this gives further weight savings. 'High hardness' steel panels are currently available as extra side-armour to upgrade Ml 13, and are used for the entire armour of the Vickers Valkyr reconnaissance vehicle. Since welding of glass fibre reinforced polymeric (GFRP) is not (yet) possible, the hull was bolted onto the aluminium alloy box beam vehicle frame. Reduced interior noise level and lower radar signature are two claimed advantages of GFRP over metal. Book Name: Military Metallurgy
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Ending Page	70
Page Count	4
Starting Page	67
DOI	10.1201/9781003059400-9
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2020-11-23
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Military Metallurgy Marine Engineering Light Aluminium Alloy Plate Vehicle Gfrp Structural Armoured
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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