We have seen a lot of pictures of Russians placing Explosive Reactive Armor on their BTRs and BMPs since the start of the war, even on trucks. But this is actually a horrible idea, and it is actually ...

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 ...

The Ukrainian army has begun adding blocks of explosive reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks, in the process creating a uniquely Ukrainian version of the classic 1980s-vintage tank. Let ...

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Picture General George S. Patton cracking a grin in Kelly’s Heroes when a tank rolls off the lot and promptly breaks down.

IN THE first few days of the Yom Kippur war in October 1973, Israeli armoured units were attacked by Egyptian forces armed with Soviet-made anti-tank missiles. The Israelis “suffered wholesale ...

KUBINKA (Moscow region), June 16. /TASS/. Russia’s tank designed on the Armata platform has got a new-generation active armour, a military-industrial complex source told TASS on Tuesday. "This is ...

The U.S. Army wants to protect its Bradley fighting vehicles -- by strapping dozens of Israeli explosives to their skins. The idea behind "reactive armor" is to blow up a roadside bomb or rocket ...

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