Video shows a Russian T-72B3 tank from its Western Military District thundering through the mud with an overhead metal screen, widely termed “cope cage” by Ukrainian troops, with an added layer of ...
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 ...
Russian tank crews are facing significant mechanical failures due to homemade armor, highlighting shortages of effective ...
What’s the secret behind modern tank armor? It’s Explosive Reactive Armor—a technology that literally fights fire with fire to keep armored vehicles safe. Here’s why it’s a game-changer! Ex-NFL QB ...
A destroyed Russian tank along the side of the road in Ukraine.Nicola Marfisi/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Heavy Russian tank and armored vehicle losses have led Russia to change its ...
Russian troops are struggling to properly fit their tanks with Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA), adding to "heavy attrition" in combat, according to Britain's Ministry of Defense. Russia has become ...
Russian troops launch a Lancet. Russia’s newest Lancet explosive drones apparently fire slugs of molten metal that can shoot right past the add-on armor Ukrainian troops count on to protect their ...
Russia’s flagship main battle tank, from its Cold War-era development into one of the most heavily armed and armored vehicles of its time. With its 125 mm smoothbore cannon, advanced explosive ...
The ‘Tankbuster’ still lives up to its name. Results of recent live fire testing by the US Air Force (USAF) found that, 50 years after its inception, A-10C Thunderbolts can still crack open the armour ...
MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. The Russian Kornet anti-tank missile system is capable of piercing any smart active protection system of armor with a paired launch of missiles, Editor-in-Chief of ...
The 9M133 Kornet (NATO reporting name: AT-14 Spriggan) first entered service with the Russian Army in 1998. The modern man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) is intended to counter main battle ...