Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The boxy explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks around the sides of the hull, known as Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles (BRAT), are but ...
It’s clear some Russian troops don’t know how their armor works. Photos that recently circulated online depict Russian Gaz-66 trucks wearing blocks of explosive reactive armor. The armor won’t protect ...
In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...
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Why protecting tanks is getting much more difficult

Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) has been around for a while, protecting against shaped charges like RPGs. But the ...
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T-90M exposes a hidden side armor weakness

This review of the Russian T-90M focuses on what actually changed and what did not. It points out that the hull sides do not use explosive reactive armor as many assume, while the turret sides rely on ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: the Javelin is such an effective weapons system that who gets one is can be a major political issue. The U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin is one of the ...