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From: timk@egvideo.uucp (Tim Kuehn)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: "Reactive Armor."
Keywords: Tanks, Missiles, Explosive Armor
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Date: 25 Jan 89 03:52:27 GMT
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In article <3370@cbnews.ATT.COM> ssc-vax!shuksan!major@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Mike Schmitt) writes:

		[much stuff deleted]

>   tanks get thicker armor - more standoff armor - and develop anti-anti-tank
>   missile tactics. 		       	     ^^^^ 

This reminds me about an article I saw about a year ago about reactive armor
for tanks which provided protection by producing a counter-explosive force
against incoming missles. Basically all it was is a cover of explosive 
materials placed/hung over the outside of the tank. 

Could any of the netters out there comment on this? How effective is it? 
How could it be circumvented/defeated?


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