Summary and Prospect of Artillery Recoil Reduction Technology

Abstract

Modern warfare has an urgent need for high-mobility and powerful artillery. However, the mobility and power of artillery are a contradiction. Recoil reduction technology is an important technical way to solve the contradiction between mobility and power. At present, there are many types of recoil reduction technologies, and the technical maturity and engineering application value of various technologies are different. For the development of new high-mobility and high-power artillery, which recoil reduction technology to adopt is a challenge. This article classifies and researches recoil reduction technology from the perspective of recoil energy dissipation. Based on the research and comparison of the basic principles, technical characteristics and application prospects of recoil reduction technology, it is concluded that the soft recoil technology using the principle of external neutralizing momentum is the best technical approach for the artillery system to realize high-mobility and high-power, where the potential application prospects of this technology in direct-target weapons are analysed.