Testing Aircraft Glazing In Russia

2014/02/20


We are in Obninsk, Russia, to see how they test aircraft and locomotive glazing there for resistance to bird strikes and other impacts.







This is the glazing of Ka-62 helicopter.



And this system is for test shooting. It is mounted on the anti-aircraft gun carriage made in 1954.



Gun length – twelve meters.



The system itself was made in 1971 in Kasnoznamensk, Russia.



Pneumatic launching device Pu-132.



The gun is powered by air and shoots with compressed air.



Two air receivers from a submarine are used. They can provide pressure of 400 atms, but certified for 30 which is enough to achieve speed of about 1200-1300 km/h.



Inner diameter of the barrel is 132 mm, shell mass – up to 2 kg.














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