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	Chobham armour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chobham armour is a composite armour developed at the British tank research centre on Chobham Common.
		Although the exact composition of Chobham armour remains a secret, it appears to be a composite of ceramic layered between steel armour plating, a combination that is excellent at defeating high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds.
		The latest version of Chobham armour is used on the Challenger 2 (called Dorchester armour), and (though the composition most probably differs) the M1 Abrams series of tanks, which according to official sources is currently protected by silicon carbide tiles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chobham_armour (828 words)

	Composite armour
		The most common type of composite armour today is Chobham armour, first developed by the British in the 1970s for their new Challenger tank.
		Chobham sandwiches a layer of ceramic between two plates of steel armor, which was shown to dramatically increase the resistance to high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds.
		Chobham's precise mechanism for defeating HEAT was something of a mystery until the 1980s.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Composite_armour.html (321 words)

	Chobham armour - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although the exact composition of Chobham armour remains a secret, it appears to be a combination of ceramic layered between armour steel plating, a combination that is excellent at defeating high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds.
		The effectiveness of Chobham armour was demonstrated in the first Gulf War, where no Coalition tank was destroyed by the obsolete Iraqi armor.
		The latest version of Chobham armour is used on the Challenger 2 (called Dorchester armour), and (though the composition most probably differs) the M1 Abrams series of tanks.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Chobham_armour (421 words)

	Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Armour has evolved from steel plate into composite armour, with refinements such as reactive armour, as anti-tank weaponry has evolved.
		Its armour is designed to protect the vehicle and crew against all known threats, including kinetic energy penetrators fired from other tanks, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) fired from infantry or aircraft, and mines.
		One of the best types of passive armour is the British-developed Chobham armour, which is comprised of spaced ceramic blocks contained by a resin fabric matrix between layers of conventional armour.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /MBT (3102 words)

	Chobham armour: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chobham armour is a composite armour (composite armour: composite armour is a type of armour consisting of layers of different material such...
		The effectiveness of Chobham armour was demonstrated in the first Gulf War (Gulf War: A war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991), where no Coalition tank was destroyed by the obsolete Iraqi armor.
		The latest version of Chobham armour is used on the Challenger 2 (Challenger 2: more facts about this subject) (called Dorchester armour), and (though the composition most probably differs) the M1 Abrams (M1 Abrams: the m1 abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the united states army,...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/chobham_armour (1048 words)

	Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A tank is characterised by heavy weapons and armour, as well as by a high degree of mobility that allows it to cross rough terrain at relatively high speeds.
		Thin plates of spaced armour, steel mesh "RPG screens", or rubber skirts, were found to cause HEAT rounds to detonate too far from the main armour, greatly reducing their penetrating power.
		Explosive reactive armour, or ERA, is another major type of protection against high explosive antitank weapons, in which sections of armour explode to dissipate the focussed explosive force of a shaped charge warhead.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tank (8950 words)

	Chobham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chobham, Surrey is a town in the English county of Surrey.
		Chobham Common, located near Chobham, Surrey, is the location of a British tank research center.
		Chobham armour is a composite armour developed at Chobham Common for tanks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chobham (111 words)

	Tank
		The turret is low-profile, well-integrated into the overall shape of the vehicle.]] A tank is a tracked and armoured combat vehicle (armoured fighting vehicle), designed primarily to destroy enemy ground forces by direct fire.
		It is distinguished from other armourd fighting vehicles primarily by its heavy armour and armament.
		The most common is called passive armour which comprise of layers of battle steel, alloys and ceramics.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/t/ta/tank.html (3085 words)

	Vehicle armour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The most heavily armoured vehicles today are the main battle tanks, which are the spearhead of the ground forces, and are designed to withstand anti-tank missiles, kinetic energy penetrators, NBC threats and in some tanks even steep-trajectory shells.
		Spaced armour can cause bullets and solid shot to tumble and deflect, reducing their penetrating ability—for which effect spaced armour was used as early as the First World War, on the Schneider CA1 and St Chamond tanks.
		Composite armour (including Chobham armour) was developed in the 1960s by the British and first used on the American M1 Abrams but not, as is often presumed, on the German Leopard 2.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Armour_plating (964 words)

	Composite armour - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air.
		The most common type of composite armour today is Chobham armour, first developed and used by the British in the experimental FV 4211 tank, which was based on Chieftain tank components.
		Chobham sandwiches a layer of ceramic between two plates of steel armour, which was shown to dramatically increase the resistance to high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Composite_armor (569 words)

	Chobham armour - TheBestLinks.com - Russia, Tungsten, Depleted uranium, M1 Abrams, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chobham armour, Russia, Tungsten, Depleted uranium, M1 Abrams, Ceramic, Heavy...
		Due to this, to date, only 5-10 Chobham protected tanks have been defeated in combat, including an M1 that was hit by an RPG-7 in the Second Gulf War.
		The latest version of Chobham armour is used on the Challenger II and is called Dorchester armour, and (though the composition most probably differs) the M1 Abrams series of tanks.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Chobham_armour.html (393 words)

	Armour and Fighting Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Abrams hull and turret are built of a material similar to the ceramic-and-steel-plate Chobham armour developed in Britain.
		The driver is seated in a reclining position in the front of the hull; the commander and gunner are in the turret on the right, and the loader is on the left.
		Armour plate separates the crew compartment from the fuel tanks and ammunition storage area.
	www.armyradio.com /PUBLISH/Articles/Desert_Storm_Equipment/Armour&Vehicles.htm (2560 words)

	armada international: 6/97-28
		An armour similar to Chobham is used in the hull and turret of the M1 Abrams, and other forms of advanced armour have been adopted in tanks designed by China, France, Germany, India, Israel, South Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, and South Africa.
		The Merkava Mk 3 was the first tank to have most of its “special armour” in modular form, although the Leclerc had a similar approach with hull and turret made from welded steel with protection by modular composite armour that can easily be replaced or upgraded.
		The Leopard 2 uses a spaced multilayer armour, while the Leopard 2 Improved has a redesigned turret with the addition of externally mounted modules of third-generation armour on the front, sides and roof claimed to resist all known kinetic and chemical energy threats.
	www.armada.ch /97-6/page6-97_28.htm (883 words)

	Armour - Gurupedia
		Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel,
		Thus instead of having a single 30cm layer of steel armour, it is possible to have two 15cm layers half a meter or more apart, giving far greater protection against shaped charges at no penalty in weight.
		Other layers in the armour are steel, with hollow spaces serving the same function that they do in spaced armour, often filled with layers of Kevlar or similar material to trap and reduce fragmentation.
	www.gurupedia.com /a/ar/armor.htm (851 words)

	Chobham armour: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chobham armour is a composite armour (Composite armour is a type of armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics...)
		The effectiveness of Chobham armour was demonstrated in the first Gulf War (A war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991)
		The latest version of Chobham armour is used on the Challenger 2[follow this hyperlink for a summary of this topic] (called Dorchester armour), Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/chobham_armour (2183 words)

	Armour
		Armour is protective plates or clothing meant to shield a human from intentionally inflicted harm.
		Today, bullet proof vests made of ballistic cloth and metal plates are common among security staff and in brances of the military.
		Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire.
	www.findword.org /ar/armour.html (852 words)

	Tank : search word
		Experimentation with tank sizes reached its logical conclusion during the war, with the rather impractical German 188-tonne Maus, of which only two were ever built and never saw combat, and the 1000-tonne Ratte, of which none were ever completed.
		A form of Chobham armour is encased in depleted uranium on the massively protected M1A1 Abrams MBT.
		The [[caterpillar tracks of a tank (here an Israeli Merkava Mk-III) allow it to tackle most types of terrain, but they are only lightly armoured and are prone to mechanical failure.]] A main battle tank is designed to be very mobile and able to tackle most types of terrain.
	www.searchword.org /ta/tank.html (3950 words)

	T-72 - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		Around 1980, the Soviets began building the tanks with composite armour similar to the Chobham armour used in modern Western tanks, in the front of the turret and the front of the hull.
		These Western tanks' higher on-board ammunition capacity and greater armour protection may well have convinced habitually frugal Warsaw Pact strategists that they were not designed exclusively to fight from well-prepared positions in which additional ammunition could be stowed outside the tank turret (and from which a cheaper antitank solution might have nearly as much effect).
		Armoured warfare is of course neither simple nor static, historically involving rapid alteration between modes of attack and defence.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=T-72 (2967 words)

	Planet MedalOfHonor Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Armour consists of tough 3rd generation composite armour (not to be confused with Chobham) and the world's best turret.
		It is the heaviest of the lot weighing in at 68tons (armour mostly).
		They are supposed to be just as well defended as the current MBTs of the world, but are supposed to have a fibre glass armour instead due to their lighter nature.
	www.forumplanet.com /planetmedalofhonor/topic.asp?fid=5041&tid=1253367 (2008 words)

	Google Groups: View Thread
		Anyone who has been cleared on a subject already knows their responsibilities regarding the information (and from what I know tend to err on the side of caution in questionable cases) but anyone else is perfectly free to discuss what they know, excepting specific court orders, or states of emergency.
		There may also be slight variants on Chobham armour as we know it as well.
		I don't know whether the British intend to sell the armour "as is", or as I suspect that in places such as the US (and possibly Germany) that it's produced under licence with the respective country having the chance to "play with the mix" as it were.
	www.ciar.org /~ttk/mbt/tanks/tanks.chobham-armor.html (976 words)

	Trumpeter
		Both kits receive the new sprue H which has the main Chobham Armour side panels and front ROMOR package; these are very nicely detailed for plastic parts and have well defined and intricate details, the use of multiple parts enhances the detail definition.
		The side panels are made up of the full length frame with the rear armour panel included to which is attached the top panel with the ‘handles’ with the main centre Chobham Armour panels added to the outside.
		It is a simply matter of fitting the skirts (parts C1, C38) in place of the Chobham armour panels as the hull sides are the same on all kits but there are no decals for the basic version though.
	www.perthmilitarymodelling.com /reviews/vehicles/trumpeter/tr00323-45.htm (1234 words)

	Battlefront.com Discussion Forums: Armour. How has it progressed??? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Russians use a kind of Honeycomed reactive armour that is hellishly dificult to penetrate with anti-tank missiles.
		While Chobham is intended to increase resistance to both kinetic energy and HEAT, the Russian composite armor is mainly against KE, which they considered to be the bigger threat.
		Armour grogs might be interested in the latest British idea in armour protection.
	www.battlefront.com /cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=30;t=001898;p=2 (3878 words)

	British Challenger 2 - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		The armoured brigade was armed with the Iraqi 'Lion of Babylon' homemade T-72 which had been developed just after GW1.
		In your link it says it is armoured with strong aluminum armour which in case you didn't know is not Clobham.
		Chobham 2nd gen is Proven the world most effective armour.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread111633/pg8 (2336 words)

	I'm working on the warp drive, too. - Topic Ars OpenForum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This new electric armour play on the fact that most shaped charges use copper as their metal for the liquid jet.
		Chobham armor is designed to be effective against the full range of anti-tank weapons including shaped charges (like HEAT rounds), spalling weapons (like HESH rounds) and kinetic energy weapons (like sabot rounds).
		Chobham armor does not neccessarily include DU in it - the US Army added a DU mesh to increase resistance to APFSDS rounds (it already was quite able to stand up to HEAT rounds, at least on the frontal armor).
	episteme.arstechnica.com /6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=174096756&m=9980998035&r=9980998035 (4040 words)

	"Tankers think the frontal armour on modern MBTs is impervious to battleship gunfire" [Archive] - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Chobham is quite possibly the most expensive armour in the world and also virtually invulnerable to anti tank/tank weapons- modern mytos states the only weapon that can penetrate a Challenger 2 tank is another challenger 2 tank.
		The chobham on American tanks is slightly inferior to C2's armour due to the fact the current composition of Chobham Gen 2 armour is a guarded secret.
		Chobham armor is obsolite because the Brits could not afford to field the supirior stuff we quit using when we went to the HA variant of the Abrams.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-67835.html (18876 words)

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