Kev siv Ti-6Al-4V titanium thiab titanium alloys hauv cov tso tsheb hlau luam tau tshaj tawm thoob plaws hauv Asmeskas, tab sis tsis nyob hauv Suav teb, yav dhau los Soviet Union, lossis Russia. Nyob rau xyoo 1990, Asmeskas Abrams (Abrams) M1 lub tsheb loj sib ntaus sib tua thiab Bradley (Bradley) M2 kev sib ntaus sib tua tsheb tau siv ntau qhov titanium alloy los hloov Rolled Homogeneous Armor (RHA).
Nws tau hais tias nyob rau hauv M1A2 lub ntsiab sib ntaus sib tua tank nrog titanium alloy los hloov xya lub ntsiab steel: teb turret phaj, nuclear tsov rog, lom thiab tshuaj riam phom countermeasures system phaj, tus phom loj pom npog, lub cav npog, turret pivot ncej, command capsule, tus thawj coj ntawm thermal imaging observer cover. Tag nrho cov khoom loj ntawm cov khoom no hauv cov hlau yog 1,591kg, uas tau txo mus rau 1,116kg tom qab hloov mus rau titanium alloy, txo qis ze li ntawm 30%.
Cov lus txib hatch npog thiab sab saum toj tua armor ntawm lub tsheb M2 yog thawj zaug forged nrog txhuas alloy, tab sis tom qab ntawd tau hloov mus rau 100mm-127mm Ti-6Al-4V alloy daim hlau, thiab kev tawm tsam armor yog ua los ntawm 80mm tuab titanium alloy daim hlau, uas yog 35% sib zog tshaj cov hlau qhov chaw. Ti-6Al-4V alloy tau melted nrog tus nqi qis electron-beam txias-txaj rauv, thiab tus nqi qis Ti-6A-1.7 Fe{{ 16}}.1Si Timetal 62S alloy, tsim los ntawm Titanium Metals Corporation (Timetal).
Nyob rau xyoo 1950, Tebchaws Asmeskas ntawm kev siv titanium alloys hauv kev lag luam caj npab tau siv zog ntau dua, muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, txhawm rau txo cov tsheb armored zoo, txhim kho nws txoj kev txav mus los thiab yoog raws thiab cov mos txwv-resistant, Watertown (Watertown) Arsenal rau titanium alloy tsis kam mus tua phom thiab armor-piercing mos txwv thiab muaj peev xwm mus welding qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm ib tug loj tus naj npawb ntawm cov kev ntsuam xyuas uas titanium alloys yog ib tug muaj zog armor khoom. Nyob rau hauv tib lub mos txwv kev ua tau zoo, titanium alloy armor thickness yuav tsum yog 25% siab dua hlau, thaum titanium alloy armor loj yog 25% sib zog dua hlau.
Xyoo 1953, Asmeskas Tub Rog hauv Detroit (Detroit) Arsenal nrog lub thickness ntawm 15.88mm RC-130AW titanium alloy phaj ua los ntawm T55- hom armored tsheb sab saum toj armor rau 37mm armor-piercing mos txwv rau kev xeem , cov ntsuas tau tsim nyog kom tau raws li lossis tshaj tus nqi uas tau txiav txim siab. 1956, Tebchaws Asmeskas nrog Ti-6Al-6V-2Sn-0.5Fe-0.5Cu alloy Forging tank lem thiab tank load log, mounted rau 50 tons ntawm cov tso tsheb hlau luam los ntawm 3378.9km ntawm kev sim ua haujlwm, zoo heev.
Xyoo 1950, US Watertown Arsenal nrog Ti-6Al-4V thiab Ti-4Al-4V alloy rau Tank Automotive Command's M-21 (XM{ {6}}) hom kev hais kom ua tsheb txhua lub welded ib tug hais kom ua pej thuam, thiab nrog 20mm plhaub rau hluav taws nyob. Kev sim tua nrog ob lub nrawm, ib qho rau 450m / s, tsis tua los ntawm, tab sis sab nraub qaum ntawm lub phaj tau tshwm sim ntau qhov tawg me me; qhov thib ob shooting ceev ntawm 504m / s, nkag mus rau hauv lub titanium phaj, tab sis tsis nkag mus rau lub phaj, daig nyob rau hauv lub phaj, tawg tsis nthuav. Cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev tua hluav taws yog qhov txaus siab, nrog rau titanium turret muaj qhov hnyav ntawm 177kg piv rau steel turret's 281kg, qhov qub yog 104kg, lossis 37%, sib zog dua tom kawg.
Tsis tas li ntawd, Watertown Arsenal kuj siv Ti-6Al-4V alloy thiab Ti-6Al-4Mn alloy es tsis txhob siv hlau los tsim cov khoom xws li: lub ntsiab qag, ncua kev kawm ntawv caj npab, rub bar, torsion qag, pem hauv ntej log qag, thiab lwm yam. Cov tso tsheb hlau luam nrog lub ntsiab qag ntawm Ti-6Al-4V alloy underwed ib 9,654km teb kev xeem khiav thiab nyob rau hauv zoo.
