Tanks, like armoured tracked combat vehicles, since their conception in The First World War, represent one of the main weapons systems of the ground forces. They have good manoeuvre capabilities, powerful armament with great firepower and strong armoured protection that provides higher survival on the battlefield. The basic capabilities of the main battle tank, covered by three basic features of the tank – mobility, firepower and protection, form the so-called »tank (armoured) triangle«, also known as »the trinty of tank design«, which is the basic system of defining the structure of the tanks. More than a century of technical and technological development in the field of mechanics, materials, information and communication technology, chemistry, optoelectronics etc. and adapting to new threats and methods of warfare, leads to the claim that modern main battle tanks are complex battle machines, that in many ways go beyond the basic design of the »tank triangle«. The Master's thesis analyses the complex design of the tank structure and reveals all the structural elements important for the combat operation of the weapons system on the battlefield. At the same time, it examines the topicality and relevance of the basic design of the tank structure, the so-called »tank triangle«.
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