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After massive tank losses, Russia turns to explosive armor in Ukraine

Following devastating armored losses in the early stages of the war, Russia is adapting. Recent footage reveals BMP-3 ...
Forbes

Ukrainian Crews Got Tired Of Asking The Americans For Extra Armor For Their M-1 Tanks. They Installed Their Own Armor, Instead.

The United States gave Ukraine 31 M-1A1 Abrams tanks. They equip a single battalion in the Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, which has been fighting a defensive campaign west of the ruins of ...
Forbes

Now The Russians Have Invented A Self-Exploding Tank

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...
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Russia’s “Dandelion” Tank Could Be Effective at Countering Drones

Unlike past instances of ineffective shielding, Russia’s "dandelion" tank armor appears to be useful against FPV drones—and ...
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Does explosive reactive armor put friendly troops at risk?

Explosive reactive armor is widely used on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to defeat incoming warheads, but concerns ...
Aviation Week

General Dynamics to provide Army with enhanced reactive armor

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP), which has been equipping Army Bradley fighting vehicles with reactive armor since 1999, has opened a new facility in Mississippi to ...
The National Interest

The Problem with Ukraine’s T-84 Main Battle Tank

Summary and Key Points: The T-84 is a Ukrainian main battle tank developed from the Soviet T-80UD, introduced in the late 1990s. With a crew of three, it features advanced composite armor, a 125 mm ...