Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: tanks Message-ID: <1990Sep27.031241.6460@cbnews.att.com> Date: 27 Sep 90 03:12:41 GMT References: <1990Sep25.005029.17637@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military-request@att.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Allan Bourdius All tanks in the USMC (M60A3's and very few M1A1's) all mount reactive armor. There are also RA kits for the LAV-25. I read somewhere that the Army had developed a reactive armor kit for the M2/M3 but that it wasn't widely used because it blocked all the infantry firing ports. A 125mm round from an Iraqi T72 would penetrate the reactive armor if it was a Sabot or a very good HEAT round. So what? That's what we mount Chobham armor for. BTW, I heard that the UK is sending a significant number of Challenger tanks (100+), the M1A1's British counterpart, to Saudi Arabia. No matter what the Iraqis mount on their tanks, a APFSDS round from any American or NATO ally tank will go right through... --Allan (MIDN 3/C, CMUNROTCU) The opinons expressed in this posting do not, nor are in any way intended to, represent the official policies and positions of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, the United States Marine Corps, or the United States Navy; so there!