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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Subject: Re: Tank Info/ Chobham Armor
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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 90 04:01:21 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1990Oct19.033435.14863@cbnews.att.com>, fmrco!curt@uunet.UU.NET (Curt Fennell) writes:

>I'm sure the Soviets spent a lot of time working on tank rounds to penetrate
>chobham armor, just as we have spent a lot of time improving the effectiveness
>of chobham armor. 

I'd heard the Sovs. had developed a "cannonball" round for their 120mm gun
which, upon impact, would (allegedly) shatter the underlayered ceramic
armor. I don't know how they figured to hit the machine in the

>Still, artillery can degrade the effectiveness of tank units by forcing the
>crew to 'button up' and by stripping off radio antennas and other outside
>equipment.  But the actual destruction of tanks is best left to other tanks.

The actual destruction of tanks is best left to a nice cluster munition ;-)