How much protection does Relikt Explosive Reactive Armor

Answer 1 of 2: It depends on the Type of ERA and the weapon system employed against it, Kontakt-5 is a development of older Kontakt armors, Old Kontakt K1–2 were good against shaped charges, the block would explode and send one plate straight up at the charge disrupting it, and the back pla

It depends on the Type of ERA and the weapon system employed against it, Kontakt-5 is a development of older Kontakt armors, Old Kontakt K1–2 wer131It adds protection against APFSDS sabots and showed charge warheads, This is on top of the base composite armor of the vehicle placed upon, Relikit1This is going to go deep into the rabbit hole of tank gunnery and accuracy, so if you don’t have the patience the TLDR is the accuracy is gone long1817Right, so, first things first, Explaining tandem warheads, Not the best image, but it will suffice, Tandem charge missiles, are designed to defeat21It seems a lot of people are saying that the railgun would penetrate more than one tank in a row, I’m gonna address that now, There’s no doubt it i181These armors are a bit different in purpose, Let’s start with ARAT, ARAT is split into two types: M19 ARAT-1 and M32 ARAT-2, ARAT-1 are the basic b94Hello random country, and welcome to Armor Depot! Want armor for your new MBT? Look no further! Or beautiful tiles, bricks, and paint will amaze yo182These armors are a bit different in purpose, Let’s start with ARAT, ARAT is split into two types: M19 ARAT-1 and M32 ARAT-2, ARAT-1 are the basic b94Reading time: 2 minutes I couldn’t quite find my source materials so what I have here is off the top of my head, Works pretty much the same way for37My understanding of the Textolite armor was that a given thickness was as effective as steel, but not more so, The big advantage was that it was fa18

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The Relikt is an Explosive Reactive Armor ERA kit developed to provide better protection against tandem warheads while reducing penetration of APFSDS rounds by 50 percent, Since its introduction in 2012-2014, the Relikt armor kit has been provided to the Russian Army T-90AM, T-90M and T-80BVM tanks as well as for the T-90MS for export customers,

The Relikt Explosive Reactive Armor

The Relikt Explosive Reactive Armor is the most modern Russian ERA in widespread use and is claimed to be twice as effective as Kontakt-5, Developed by NII Stali, Relikt utilizes a completely new composition of explosives to achieve dynamic protection, It is made up of two armor plates that detonates in opposite directions on radar command just before the a kinetic energy penetrator hits it

New Russian Armata Tank Features ‘Reactive Armor’ That Can

“This is state-of-the-art active armor that surpasses characteristics of the Kontakt-5 and Relikt explosive reactive armor,” a military source told the state news agency Tuesday, referring to

Reactive armour

Overview

Explosive Reactive Armor

Explosive reactive armor is that brick-looking stuff that the Soviets loved covering their tanks in during the last days of the Cold War: Kharkov Stronk! I admit not knowing much about ERA, but a quick check around various sources has impressed the following things on me: -ERA is, pound for pound, the most effective armor technology that exists, Nothing else even comes remotely close, First

Hey Colli, if you really want to chew on some technical mumbo jumbo, be sure to check out Multifunctional Materials: Transparent Reactive Armor UtiKontakt-5 have one plate, it is Relikt that have 2 plates moving in opposite directions, which give to Relikt some anti-tandem HEAT capabilities,Fofanov opines that Kontakt-5 has two flyer plates, This is a cross section, supposedly of Kontakt-1 from the Steel Beasts forum: It looks like eveThat picture of Nozh was debunked after computer model showed that APFSDS projectile will not get any serious damage after crossing those HEAT jetsDo you have a link to said debunking? This it the first I’ve heard of it, A lot of anti-APFSDS countermeasures seem to work by yawing the penetratoIDK if he is right about first tile of explosives having its own plate to launch, but his post 26 in your link is what i said – in Relikt 2 platesMaybe tomorrow i will try to find a link and will translate some crucial parts,Cross section of Kontakt-5 from here: It appears that you are right LoooSeR; there are two plates, but one of them is stationary; only the top platI just remembered that one of design features of Relikt, that was not presented in previous ERA designs was its ability to launch 2 plates in the sImage from a patent, showing how M829A3 likely deals with heavy ERA:

[Development] T-80BVM: ERA of improvements

The main and most noticeable difference is the new explosive “Relikt” reactive armor, ERA blocks cover the turret, frontal and side projections of the hull, This is a further development of the already good “Kontakt V”, which gives increased protection against shaped charge ammunition including those with a tandem warhead, and also significantly increases the protection against kinetic

Russian Explosive-Reactive-Armor 101

Everything you need to know about Russian Explosive–Reactive–Armor, from identification to how it works,Patreon: https://www,patreon,com/RedEffectI no longer

Russian tanks and their Explosive Reactive Armor,

As anti-armor weapons have become more powerful, armies have reacted by increasing the thickness and resilience of vehicle armor, Modern ammunition, however,

Explosive Reactive Armor

Above 76 mm stand-off penetration starts to decrease, At optimum 19 – 32 mm stand-off commercial LCS’ can penetrate 38 – 51 mm steel, That seems to be in line with Nozh/Duplet, Multiple LCS hts the KE penetrator and weaken it by creating notches, so it might break during travel or when impacting the armor,

Russian reactive armor at 18000 FPS : videos

This video shows reactive armor with animations and explosive video, and with great explanation, I just think the Russian video shows better detail: 420, share, Report Save, level 2, 7 years ago, edited 7 years ago, I wouldn’t even call it armor, There’s a charge that is fired from the tank at the RPG, The RPG never actually impacts the tank, This is more of the tank equivalent of the

Everything We Know: Russian Army Gets First New T-90M

The T-90M features a new engine and the latest version of the Relikt explosive reactive armor kit, The T-90M “considerably surpassed” the older T-90A in “combat efficiency” during the

Protection

The tank is equipped with a combination of active protection systems and explosive reactive armor ERA, The ERA has a modular design, It can be promptly dismantled while tanks are on the march and restored into its place to cover the most vulnerable parts of the tank and reinforced with a second layer, if need be, Active protection system APS Afganit , This system automatically detects