Yahoo

Russian Tank With ‘Cope Cage’ Covered In Explosive Reactive Armor Emerges

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 ...
Yahoo

Ukrainian Leopard 2 Tank Seen Covered In Explosive Reactive Armor

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 ...
Forbes

Now The Russians Have Invented A Self-Exploding Tank

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 ...

Russia mocks NATO sanctions? Putin's deadliest T-90M tank quietly floods Ukrainian frontlines | war

Russia unveiled new footage showing its latest T-90M Proryv tanks rolling off the production line, signaling that Moscow’s ...
TASS

T-72 tank’s new reactive armor successfully passes tests with trophy munitions — Rostec

Preparations are currently at the final stage for accepting the Arena-M reactive armor suite for service as part of T-72 tanks MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. The Arena-M reactive armor mounted on the T-72 ...

Ukraine's heavily armored Abrams tanks have jammers to keep drones away, but they need more protection, commander says

A Ukrainian commander praised the US-made Abrams for being better than Soviet-era tanks but said they could use more protection.
Forbes

The Ukrainians Know Their Leopard 1A5 Tanks Have An Armor Problem

The Ukrainian army finally is adding reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. And just in time. The army is forming five new mechanized brigades—and they might need tanks. A ...
TASS

Russian T-90, T-80 main battle tanks to feature new reactive armor, says defense firm

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Russian T-90 and T-80 main battle tanks will be outfitted with the Arena-M new reactive armor, High Precision Systems Group within the state tech corporation Rostec told TASS ...
SlashGear

Here's How Tanks Deflect Bullets And Shells

The first functional tank ever built was the venerable Little Willie, constructed in 1915 by the British William Foster & Co. It was not designed for combat, but rather as a proof of concept. The ...
SlashGear

Everything To Know About The Russian T-90 Main Battle Tank

Building off the success of the T-72B tank, the Russian T-90 MBT improved the design by adding cutting-edge military technology. The T-90 began its service in 1993 and has participated in several ...
Popular Mechanics

Ukraine Wants to Bring Back Its Rare T-84 'Bulwark' Supertank. That's a Bold Move.

Back in May, Ukraine’s defense minister Oleksii Reznikov donned the heavily padded TSh-4 cap of a Soviet tanker and was seen riding in the driver’s seat of one of Ukraine’s very few T-84U Oplot ...