VEHICLE SELF-PROTECTION SYSTEMS

摘要

The importance of vehicle self-protection was highlighted to APDR by Major General David Coghlan, Head Armoured Vehicle Division in Defence's Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, who said 'Army must continue to remain relevant to undertake Accelerated Warfare in an increasingly complex and lethal global environment. Vehicle survivability is rapidly changing with new and emerging technology. Vehicle self-protection systems offer the opportunity to fight smarter and safer and we will seek to integrate these systems when we can as the technology develops and matures.' The design and employment of vehicle survivability is a layered approach, often referred to as the 'survivability onion. Vehicle survivability can be achieved through many technologies including signature reduction, laser warning receivers, jamming, obscuration, passive armour, active and reactive armour, and soft-kill and hard-kill Active Protection Systems (APS). The introduction of additional armour plating or other self-protection technologies, tends to sacrifice vehicle mobility due to the inherent consequence of increasing total vehicle weight.