NERA: How Metal Sheet Sandwiches Protect Against HEAT Ammunition
About the armor component of many tanks around the world, which works as dynamic protection, but does not explode...
Strengthening the tank's side armor against sub-caliber projectiles is a hopeless task
That thickening the tank's side armor against sub-caliber shells is impractical...
Tower with cells: about the armor of the Soviet T-80U tank
About cellular polyurethane armor, the latest achievement of the Soviet defense industry...
Electrodynamic protection for light armored vehicles in the Northern Military District
Cumulative ammunition of various calibers has become the main scourge of armored vehicles in the Northern Military District. If thick-armored tanks can still be protected with elements of dynamic protection, platoon screens and other barbecues,...
BTR Pbv 302 for Ukraine: delivery delayed
Sweden is going to transfer a large number of Pbv 302 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. This equipment is not new and has high performance, and may also enter service too late....
BOV armored personnel carriers in Ukraine: first loss
A few months ago, Slovenia transferred a batch of BOV armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. Now this technique was sent into battle, and it predictably suffered its first losses....
A look from the past: in the USSR there were also problems with the training of tank crews
We strongly recommend reading the material, because, firstly, it dispels the myths that troubles in the tank forces began only after the collapse of the USSR. Secondly, part of what was described...
On the effectiveness of diesel fuel against cumulative ammunition
About how effective diesel fuel is as a component of combined armor or screens against cumulative projectiles...
Your own way: how the USSR tried to weld two-layer tank armor, but could not
The famous armor alloys 8S and 49S, from which the T-34 and KV tanks were welded/cast, were largely forced decisions. Soviet industry was unable to master advanced technologies...
Thick-skinned armored personnel carriers for air defense
Very quickly, from an isolated and non-standard thing, tanks with developed additional protection turned into commonplace and became a truly widespread phenomenon. And lately we have seen a new round of...
Uzbekistan launched its own armored personnel carrier "Arslon" for testing
The industry of Uzbekistan has developed a new armored personnel carrier called "Arslon". The combat vehicle was created taking into account foreign experience and has already been brought to military tests....
Sandbags and metal screens are something that will not provide good protection against cumulative ammunition
About the low usefulness of screens and sandbags on military equipment...
Finally fixed: about the new mount for on-board dynamic protection on our tanks
There were brackets on clamps, and now there are chains...
A look from the 90s: on increasing the firepower of our infantry fighting vehicles
On the choice of weapons for infantry fighting vehicles to effectively combat tank-threat targets...
Almost like steel, but with nuances: light alloys in tank armor against cumulative shells
About whether aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys can protect against cumulative projectiles in the same way as steel...
The autopsy showed: M60A1 in Kubinka
From November 1973 to June 1975, in military unit No. 68054, Soviet engineers completely dissected the American M-60A1 tank. The car came to the USSR straight from the Yom Kippur War and was...
Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 tank – an interesting approach to the layout
About a new tank concept with a very unusual uninhabited turret...
Special Operations and armored vehicle protection experience
During the current special operation, a comprehensive check of existing means of camouflage and protection of armored vehicles is being carried out. Combat operations also contribute to the emergence of new methods and designs....
Continuing on the Belka: Morozov and co-authors on the unusual chassis for combat vehicles
Morozov on the prospects of a double-circuit tracked propulsion system for combat vehicles...
The very prickly “Cactus”: the dynamic protection project that went into oblivion along with the “Black Eagle”
Project of heavy modular dynamic protection from Omsk developers...
“The projectile has no analogues in domestic armored vehicles”: in Kubinka they fire from the cannon of a Chieftain tank
In the early 80s, a strange beast appeared in the Soviet Union - the British Chieftain Mk5R, which flew straight from the Iran-Iraq war. A technical report from 1983 suggests a level...
At the level of rumors: Boxer armored personnel carriers for Ukraine
Rumors have reappeared about the possible supply of German Boxer armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. As before, they do not receive decent confirmation....
Where did thousands of tanks disappear in 1942–1943?
A hypothesis about where thousands of tanks disappeared in 1942–1943...
Sweden will transfer old Pbv 302 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine
Sweden has promised to give the Kyiv regime all its Pbv 302 armored personnel carriers. This equipment is very old and has long been removed from service with the Swedish army, which directly indicates its...