Re: [DSII] Reactive armour

Andrew Martin wrote:

> >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...

>     Did your papers mention any thing about active armour? Armour that
> explodes before the projectile strikes,

The entire paper was about ERA (Explosive Reative Armour), so yes it
mention it, kind of <g>

Only from what I understood, the thing that triggers the explosive
reaction is a hitting enemy round; the armour's explosion then pushes
the
outer armour plate away at an angle (ie, hopefully not along the axis of
the incoming round) which disturbs the jet or deflects the proj *while*
it is passing through the outer armour plate, not *before* it - saves on
detection gear etc, I suppose. I could be wrong there, though - the
paper
sort of assumes that you know how the thing works, and I haven't worked
there for that long :-/

I wrote in the original post that the paper wasn't classified. I haven't
heard anything to contradict that yet :-/

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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