Abstract:

The damage evaluation of anti-tank missile is a process throughout the entire life cycle of a missile development including design, production, testing and operational use. Both developers and users are highly concerned about the scientificness of damage evaluation method and the accuracy of evaluated results. The traditional damage evaluation method of anti-tank missile is oversimplified and does not reflect the correct functional damage as a whole. A state space-ased damage evaluation method is propoced. This method generates a functional damage evaluation matrix by mathmatically analyzing the interaction between missile and target and studying firing sensitivity and damage lethality. It can be used accurately to evaluate the declination of multiple tank functionalities under various possible encounter conditions. Simulated results verify that the derived functional damage evaluation matrix based on the new method can be used precisely to evaluate the damage effectiveness of anti-tank missile. This state space-based method can also be used to support the damage study of other anti-armoured weapon.

Key words: anti-tank missile, damage effectiveness, accurate evaluation, state space