Re: [OT]Stupid question about sloped armour

If the only benefit were the extra thickness provided by the sloped
cross-section, then ceramic armor wouldn't have much to offer over a
lump of
steel, would it?
If there is a hole punched in the ceramic, a Bad Thing happens. If the
ceramic is hard enough to turn a potential punch into a bounce, with the
help of sloping, a Bad Thing may not happen.

On the third hand, I have been on neither end of a shell aimed at a
tank, so
I may be wrong.

on 02.5.1 3:50 PM, Roger Books at books@jumpspace.net wrote:
> 
> It must be the glancing that makes it worthwhile

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