Military Equipment
Magnesium alloys reduce the weight of weapons and equipment, enabling lightweight designs that are ideal structural materials for enhancing the tactical performance of military gear. Historically, magnesium alloys have been primarily used in the aerospace sector for military applications. However, in recent years, magnesium alloys and magnesium-based composites have increasingly been successfully integrated into weapons and ammunition systems, showing rapid and promising advancements in this field.
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By replacing medium- and low-strength aluminum alloy parts—and certain black metal components—in weapons systems with magnesium alloys and magnesium-based composites, we achieve lightweighting of military equipment.
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Replacing engineering plastics to address issues like part aging, deformation, and discoloration. Currently, engineering plastics are widely used in products such as small arms, optoelectronic and communication equipment, and vehicle dashboard components. While engineering plastics—especially fiber-reinforced plastics—boast the highest specific strength, they have a low elastic modulus, resulting in significantly lower specific stiffness compared to magnesium alloys. Additionally, these plastics are difficult to recycle, exhibit poor environmental resilience, and are prone to wear, aging, deformation, and discoloration. Such issues not only compromise the tactical performance of weapons but also negatively impact their aesthetic appeal. By contrast, using magnesium alloys or magnesium-based composites for these parts can fundamentally overcome these drawbacks associated with engineering plastics.
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Magnesium alloying for missile and other aerospace componentry. Historically, magnesium alloys were rarely used in missiles—typically limited to magnesium powder in illuminating flares. However, due to their low density, magnesium alloys have gained widespread adoption in recent years for structural components in missiles, rockets, and similar systems. They are now predominantly employed in tactical air-defense missiles, particularly in parts like support housings for launchers, as well as in control surface skins, wall panels, reinforcing frames, rudder surfaces, and bulkhead structures—all made from wrought magnesium alloys. On satellites, magnesium alloys are utilized to fabricate crossbeam structures and camera mounts, along with various instrument brackets and housings.
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The development of new magnesium alloy materials has accelerated the magnesium-based transformation of weapon components. In recent years, newly developed magnesium alloys—such as heat-resistant, wear-resistant, and ultra-lightweight (Mg-Li) variants—as well as magnesium-based composite materials, have gained traction due to their unique and exceptional properties, significantly boosting the adoption of magnesium alloys in weapon parts.
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