LADOV Sergey Vyacheslavovich

He is a specialist, scientist, and lecturer in the field of explosion physics, shaped-charge munitions, fuzes, and weapons systems. He is a corresponding member of the russian Academy of Natural Sciences, a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, a Candidate of Technical Sciences, and an associate professor.
He serves as deputy head of the department for scientific work and head of a division at the Research Institute of Special Mechanical Engineering (NIISM). He teaches several courses at the SM-4 Department ("High-Precision Aerial Vehicles") at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, where he is responsible for scientific-methodological support and training of specialists in "Ammunition and Fuzes". He is the author of more than 350 scientific publications and multiple textbooks, and co-author of patents related to tank loading systems and shaped-charge liners.
Research and development projects involving Ladov:
- combined cumulative liners for forming high-velocity compact elements (co-author of patents RU2564428C1, RU2596168C1), calculation of the effect of cumulative charges, study of the energy of the cumulative jet;
- the physics of explosions and high-velocity impacts (detonation waves, shock waves, blast ejection, thermobaric mixtures, formation of the shock core);
- the "Skoropeya-3" automatic tank loading system (co-author of patent RU2560181C1);
- educational and scientific support for the design of artillery shells, mines, anti-aircraft guided missiles, unguided air-to-ground missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), explosive anti-tank grenades, and detonators.