The work analyzes the role and place of metrological support at the stages of the life cycle of the weapon, military and especially technical equipment. The urgency of the development of military metrology is substantiated. The review of scientific works aimed at the development of military metrology in Russia and abroad.
The insufficient illumination of the issue related to the assessment of the effect of metrological support on the effectiveness of the use of weapons, military and special equipment is revealed. A method is proposed that makes it possible to compensate for this gap in military metrology. The general scheme of the method is described, which assumes the determination of the probability of successful fulfillment of measures for metrological support of a sample of weapons, military and special equipment, the formation of a model of a measurement object, the formation of models of measuring instruments installed on a sample of weapons, military and special equipment as an integral part, weapons, military and special equipment. To determine the probability of successful implementation of measures for metrological provision of a weapon, military and special equipment, a network mathematical model based on the approach to quantitative assessment of the operability of a complex system was developed. An approach to the formation of a measurement object model is formulated, as well as an approach to the formation of models of measuring instruments installed on a model of weapons, military and special equipment as an integral part. Recommendations were made on the choice of models suitable for assessing the effectiveness of the use of a sample of weapons, military and special equipment. A computational example is presented that clearly demonstrates the effect of metrological maintenance of measuring instruments on the effectiveness of tank damage by arming with ground artillery. In conclusion, the practical significance of the proposed method and the further direction of its development are described.