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From: jtchew@csa1.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Chobham Armor
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Date: 29 Nov 90 00:16:15 GMT
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From: jtchew@csa1.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
A 1989 issue (Number 17)  of "Los Alamos Science" contains a couple of 
interesting articles about the materials science behind advanced armors and
the corresponding anti-armor warheads.  

It's a bit techie, albeit in a well-written fashion; any science or engine-
ering major should be able to figure it out, but skip it if discussions of 
Young's modulus make your toenails curl.  Also, it's not really oriented
very much towards discussions of specific weapons. And no, they don't come
right out and tell you what's in Chobham armor. 

Back issues, if any are left, may be requested from Los Alamos Science, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, M708, Los Alamos, NM 87545.  Some university
libraries may have it as well.

--Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"