[DSII] Reactive armour

Hi,

According to some research papers I've read recently (published at a
Ballistics symposium in South Africa a year or two ago, so no classified
stuff <g>), reactive armour is effective against both shaped-charge
warheads *and* kinetic projectiles. Currently the armour has to be
configured towards defeating the one or the other - "light" ERA won't
slow down a kinetic projectile much while a "heavy" one isn't very good
against warheads, but there's some massive research going on... and two
years ago it looked rather promising.

So... unless the MDC/HVC/HKP manufacturers get real clever, ERA either
affects them - or *all* DSII units has it, and it should be included
directly into the armour rating without being modelled separately :-/ At
least for close-future battles, up to the 2nd US CW or so...

Thoughts?

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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