ANALYSIS OF THE REGULATORY AND METHODOLOGICAL APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT TESTS OF ARMORED TANK AND VEHICLE EQUIPMENT TO THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL MECHANICAL AND CLIMATE FACTORS

In the work is carried out an analytical study of normative and methodical support of the processes of testing armored and automobile vehicles to the influence of climatic and mechanical factors. Unsolved aspects of the testing are highlighted. The advantages and disadvantages of conducting tests of military equipment and its components on the influence of external mechanical and climatic factors have been identified for national standards of Ukraine and national standards harmonized with international standards in order to form the direction of further improvement of the regulatory and methodical apparatus to increase the accuracy and reliability of equipment evaluation in operating conditions. The need to improve test methods based on increasing the accuracy and reliability of equipment evaluation during laboratory tests is substantiated. The provisions of foreign military standards, which are used in Ukraine and the world as basic – STANAG 4370, MIL-STD-810 were analyzed. Based on the analysis of these standards, which include requirements for conducting tests, methods, procedures and acceptance criteria for equipment in operational conditions, the direction and method of improving test methods is determined. Prospective directions for ensuring standardization in the process of testing are outlined, in which there is a high need to maintain a high level of reliability and efficiency of armored and automobile vehicles in operational conditions. The need to adapt standards to modern challenges and threats has been established by optimizing test methods in conditions that are as close as possible to real ones, as well as using the latest technologies to improve the processes of monitoring the state of equipment.