About modern MBT design philosophy, angled armor and modern ammunition
Дата: 13.04.2015 16:18:31
alternaive, on Apr 13 2015 - 13:05, said: Lert: Very interesting. Much thanks and a +1 to you good sir.
alternaive, on Apr 13 2015 - 13:05, said: The wedges consist of sandwich plates (depending on location
two or three). The sandwich plates work as NERA (non-explosive
reactive armor) and have - just like ERA - to be sloped to make use
of their full potential. Simple NERA consists of rubber sandwiched
between two metal layers, also more specialized types of material
have been developed by the armor industry (like IBD of Germany).
How it works: The plate is hit, which causes the rubber (or
alternatively another type of elastic material) to compress to it's
point of maximum depression. When the steel layer however is
penetrated, the rubber will decompress and force additional
material into the path of the penetrator, while redirecting some of
the impact energy of the penetrator back to it.Lert: That explains the bolted look of the NERA wedge on Leopard
2A5 and upwards; those are simply the bolts that hold the layer of
rubber compressed between the layers of steel. Bolts so the
pressure can be adjusted, and the plates easily replaced.
alternaive, on Apr 13 2015 - 13:05, said: Lert: Is that a naked Challenger? Hoo baby. Might wanna NSFW that
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The_DireWolf, on Apr 13 2015 - 13:11, said: I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to modern military stuff, but I
have a question- are tanks still actually needed? I don't mean that
they are obsolete, but I can't imagine tank v tank warfare im the
current age. Lert: The dutch sold them because they were 'too expensive' and
'we don't really need them anymore' but we dutch know ourselves
surrounded by powerful allies who still have them. The
problem I think with tanks is that "We need them because they have
them". Other than that, there is still the fact that nothing
really projects power as well in the eyes of the opponents as
parking a current gen MBT on top of the thing you are wanting to
keep secure. Finally, you need only look at Iraq to see what
armor can do in a modern a-symmetric conflict environment. It was
armor supported by air superiority and infantry that broke Saddam's
military. Air superiority is good and all, but airplanes can't hold
a strategic objective. Infantry can, but unless you put your
infantry in tin cans or send a few of those tin cans along with
them, they are very vulnerable. Tanks are simply things that is can
hold a strategic objectives, and be difficult to shift off of them.
About modern MBT design philosophy, angled armor and modern ammunition