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Topic: Reactive armor

	Where's the Shining Armor?: Scientific American
		REACTIVE ARMOR, in the form of add-on tiles (top), is being applied to Bradley fighting vehicles (bottom) to protect them from shaped-charge warheads.
		Supplementary body armor packages that protect the arms and sides of the body began shipping only in May. Soldiers are draping their Kevlar vests over the sides of unarmored Humvees and using scrap wood and metal on the vehicle's floor for makeshift protection against roadside explosives.
		The spray-on armor is similar to a polymer commonly used as a spray-on truck bed liner.
	www.sciam.com /article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=00004729-691E-10F4-A91E83414B7F0103 (783 words)

	Armor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Be it a wooden shield or the modern composite armor of a main battle tank, armors main purpose is to defeat the destructive effects of the oppositions weapon systems.
		However, armor is a trade off, as armor is added weight increases and this degrades mobility, which in itself can be a substantial defense.
		Reactive armor consists of boxes attached to the exterior of the tank.
	members.aol.com /panzersgt/theory/armor.html (617 words)

	Explosive Reactive Armor -ERA- Electric Reactive Armor -NxRA-
		Reactive armor shields a vehicle from incoming projectiles and is known for being most effective against shape charges and long rod penetrators.
		Reactive armor has been used in vehicles since the 1980’s by the Russians and throughout Europe, although leaps and bounds are being made in this armor technology.
		Pound for pound Explosive Reactive armor packs more of a punch when it comes to protecting your vehicle although its drawbacks are evident allowing only 1 impact.
	www.futurefirepower.com /reactive-armor-exploding-armor (627 words)

	Idex News - GD Awarded $30 M to Produce Reactive Armor for Abrams Tanks
		General Dynamics has been a leading producer of reactive armor for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle since 1995, with $417 million in Bradley reactive armor orders to date.
		Reactive armor that currently equips the U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle is already saving lives and preventing crippling damage to combat vehicles in Iraq.
		Equipped with the General Dynamics' reactive armor, combat vehicles are better able to withstand a direct hit from a variety of anti-armor munitions, including the shoulder-fired rocket propelled grenades that are prevalent in many of today's regional conflicts.
	www.idexnews.com /News.asp/id/801 (200 words)

	BF2142 Vehicles Battlefield 2142 Vehicles
		Armored only with lightweight ceramic elements and Triplex plates, the latest aramid fire-resistant synthetic fiber, the Bandit sacrifices protection for speed, boasting a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), providing short bursts of unrivaled acceleration.
		This near impenetrable transport is fortified by a multifaceted armor arrangement, including an amalgamated polymer lattice under five layers of alternating steel and ceramic plates, coated with extreme temperature resilient Kevlar.
		The T39 Bogatyr is the most recent adaptation, shielded with full-coated, high-impact armor and an embedded ADS and supplied with an assortment of attack options, counting radar-guided, high-damage impulse rockets and a pair of heavy-duty auto-cannons.
	www.online-gaming-forums.com /BF2142_Vehicles.html (999 words)

	GD-RAFAEL's Reactive Armor Equips US Military (updated) (defense procurement, military acquisition, defence ...
		The armor is some of the most advanced in the world, and includes both passive protection of strong material that diverts the rocket, and reactive protection comprised of plates that contain explosives.
		When compared with the current in-service reactive armor, the new-generation system not only provides a higher level of protection for the same weight, but the explosive used was switched to an insensitive munitions type that does not burn when hit.
		Reactive armor tiles are part of the M1 Abrams tank's TUSK upgrade.
	www.defenseindustrydaily.com /2006/07/gdrafaels-reactive-armor-equips-us-military-updated/index.php (1125 words)

	GLOSSARY A
		ACTIVE ARMOR - Armor designed to dynamically thwart damage to a vehicle.
		It is comprised of explosive cassettes containing embedded sensors to detect an impacting projectile and to decrease it's damaging effect on the vehicle.
		Armor materials include metals and related composites (e.g., titanium diboride), ceramics and related composites (e.g., crystal whiskers in a bonded matrix), organic fibers and composites (e.g., arrays of woven cloth), and layered combinations of these.
	www.sew-lexicon.com /gloss_a.htm (9337 words)

	Globes [online] - IDF M113 APCs to be protected by Rafael’s reactive armor
		Globes [online] - IDF M113 APCs to be protected by Rafael’s reactive armor
		Israeli stocks in NY IDF M113 APCs to be protected by Rafael’s reactive armor
		Rafael (Israel Armament Development Company) will expedite delivery of improved reactive armor sets for the US army in Iraq.
	www.globes.co.il /DocsEn/did=797994.htm (63 words)

	RAND \| White Papers \| Reactive Armor Tiles for Army and Marine Corps Armored Vehicles: An Independent Report to the ...
		Reactive Armor Tiles for Army and Marine Corps Armored Vehicles: An Independent Report to the Department of Defense and the United States Congress
		This independent report on the results of a congressionally mandated study of reactive armor (RA) tiles for U.S. Army and Marine Corps armored vehicles was submitted to Congress in April 1999.
		It relies on an extensive supporting analysis conducted by the U.S. Army Materiel and Systems Analysis Activity in cooperation with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
	www.rand.org /pubs/white_papers/WP119 (661 words)

	Reactive Armor
		General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, in conjunction with Rafael Ordnance Systems Division, has developed a next-generation Reactive Armor for application on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System.
		This new concept in Reactive Armor incorporates state-of-the-art technology while utilizing an insensitive high-energy explosive.
		The Weight Savings of Reactive Armor Allows the Capability to Further Increase Protection without Exceeding Current Weight Constraints
	www.gdatp.com /Products/weapon_systems/Reactive_armor/ReactiveArmor.htm (116 words)

	Dawn of Light :: View topic - 1.85 Notes
		Reactive hardening fine alloy armor tincture - 37 armor factor buff, 60-second duration
		Reactive hardening adamantium armor tincture - 56 armor factor buff, 60-second duration
		Reactive coil netherium armor tincture - 30% snare, 15-second duration
	www.dolserver.net /viewtopic.php?t=6176 (3585 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Reactive armour (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Reactive armor is a type of vehicle armor that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected.
		Reactive armor can be defeated with multiple hits in the same place, as by tandem-charge weapons, which fire two or more shaped charges in rapid succession.
		ERA tiles are used as add-on (or "appliqué") armor to the most vulnerable portions of an armored fighting vehicle, typically the front (glacis) of the hull and the front and sides of the turret.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reactive-armour (1430 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Reactive armour
		Reactive armor or explosive reactive armour (ERA), is a type of armour used primarily on tanks to lessen the damage from explosions caused from missile warheads, exploding shells, grenades, or dropped bombs.
		Reactive armor's protective mechanism involves producing an explosion or other such reaction when it is impacted by a weapon, actively "pushing back" against it.
		Reactive armour can be defeated with multiple hits in the same place, which is employed in tandem-charge weapons, which use two shaped charge explosions in rapid succession.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Explosive_reactive_armor (727 words)

	Reactive armour
		Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected.
		Reactive armour can be defeated with multiple hits in the same place, as by tandem-charge weapons, which fire two or more shaped charges in rapid succession.
		Reactive armor and its effectiveness against shaped charge warheads was recognized in 1967–68 by a German researcher, Manfred Held, working for Israel.
	www.1bx.com /en/Reactive_armor.htm (968 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chobham armour (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Composite Armor is a type of armor 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 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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chobham-armour (1872 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Reactive armor consists of blocks of explosives attached to the outside of the tank which detonate when hit by a hollow charge warhead (such as on a missile or infantry-carried antitank rocket).
		Reactive armor has little effect on the long rod kinetic energy penetrators of a tank's main armament; it disrupts the gas jet of a hollow charge, thus reducing its penetration considerably.
		In the game, treat Soviet tanks with reactive armor as follows: All troops and all missiles have their attack values halved when firing at the front facing of a tank equipped with reactive armor.
	www.grognard.com /errata/teamyank.txt (434 words)

	Reactive Armor
		Reactive armor is nothing more than eplosives strapped onto the outside of the tank.
		The reactive armor also explodes and this explosion causes the armor piercing explosion (which is a tight, directed explosion) to be dispersed enough that it won't penetrate the armor.
		However, stick a probe on the tip of the incoming missle (like the Tow 2A) and the reactive armor exlodes too early leaving the missle explosion to rip into the tank.
	forums.howwhatwhy.com /showflat.php?Cat=&Board=weapons&Number=-244044&fpart=all (1208 words)

	A Brief Guide to Russian Armored Fighting Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When fitted with its explosive reactive armor package, the T-80 is virtually immune over its frontal arc to penetration from all current NATO ATGMs which rely on a HEAT warhead to penetrate armor.
		With the explosive reactive armor fitted the smoke grenade launchers are moved from either side of the main armament back to either side of the turret and positioned between the turret side and the explosive reactive panels On the turret of the T-80, the panels are joined to form a shallow chevron pointing.
		Explosive reactive armor is also fitted to the forward part of the turret roof to provide protection against top attack weapons The explosive reactive armor package on the T-80 provides a high degree of protection against ATGMs such as MILAN, HOT, TOW and SWINGFIRE over the frontal arc.
	aeronautics.ru /archive/armored_vehicles/t-80_b.htm (1499 words)

	ORIGIN - Ultima Online - Playguide
		The reactive armor spell increases the caster's physical resistance, while lowering the caster's elemental resistances.
		The reactive armor spell has an indefinite duration, becoming active when cast, and deactivated when re-cast.
		Reactive Armor, Protection, and Magic Reflection will stay on—even after logging out, even after dying—until you “turn them off” by casting them again.
	guide.uo.com /magic_0.html (385 words)

	play.net >> CyberStrike 2
		Your existing spiked armor must be first properly prepared by a merchant before this new ability can be used in combat.
		Flaring armor is divided into two types: reactive armor and non-reactive armor.
		Reactive armor flares randomly occur when the armor piece is struck in battle by a foe (for example, getting struck in the head while wearing a fire flaring helm).
	www.play.net /cs2/events/event.asp?fid=1002&ID=16389 (172 words)

	ORBSEARCH.COM \| encyclopedia of knowledge
		Reactive armor or explosive reactive armour (ERA), is a type of armour used primarily on tanks to lessen the damage from explosions caused from missile warheads, exploding shells, grenades, or launched bombs.
		Reactive armor's protective mechanism involves producing an explosion or other such reaction when it is impacted by a weapon, "pushing back" against it.
		When an incoming body penetrates the two plates and closes the circuit, a high voltage jolt will supposedly vaporize the penetrator and significantly reduce the resulting penetration.
	www.orbsearch.com /re/Reactive_armor.php (342 words)

	Mechanized Propulsion Systems : Message Board - Reactive Armor
		I guess the only real argument I have against it is that reactive armor is the kind of thing that you put on frontline fighting vehicles, and I just dont see mechs doing that sort of thing.
		Of course, some plate armor protection would still be required, but the weight would still be reduced to the point where speed and maneuverability would be dramatically increased.
		There are vehicles that cannot carry reactive armor because their base armor isn't strong enough.
	www.mechaps.com /cgi-bin/board/topic.cgi?forum=2&topic=178 (1717 words)

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		The armor will be offered, as an alternative for combined KE-/CE- protection, on the Combat Vehicle 90 in a number of competitions to several undisclosed European armies.
		At its own stand at DSEi, Rafael's Insensitive Reactive Armor will be displayed on a British FV432, together with its RCWS-30 (Remote Controlled Weapon Station) as a possible upgrade solution to increase the lethality and survivability of the existing FV432s in the British Armed Forces.
		RAFAEL's Insensitive Reactive Armor provides all-around (360?) protection against the Shaped Charge (SC) warheads of the RPG-7s, as well as protection against KE and AP projectiles and high-speed artillery and road-side bomb fragments.
	www.rafael.co.il /marketing/news.aspx?FolderID=444&docID=1224&pageNum=1 (349 words)

	Combat Vehicle Protection (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Reactive armor comes in several varieties, but the principle is essentially the same on all.
		The armor consists of blocks of explosives sandwiched between two metal plates and bolted on the outside of the vehicle.
		Composite armor consists of a nonmetallic core (usually some kind of ceramic) around which the rest of the steel of the hull or, more commonly, the turret, is molded.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/cv/protect.html (506 words)

	SHIPON
		SHIPON is a cost-effective weapon system that was developed in the late 1990's, designed to bridge the gap between low-cost men-served LAR's (Light Anti-Tank Rockets), such as the M-72 LAW, and expensive crew-served ATGM'S (Anti-Tank Guided Missiles), such as the TOW.
		In addition, it can be effectively used against various types of targets such as bunkers, armored or non-armored vehicles and different kinds of fortifications.
		Penetrates 800 mm of armored steel (reactive armor protected), or 500 mm of reinforced concrete.
	www.israeli-weapons.com /weapons/missile_systems/anti-armor/shipon/SHIPON.html (254 words)

	Stars and Stripes: Unknown when new Stryker armor will be available
		Reactive armor is based on simple physics: Dispersing the impact of a projectile, so that the force is spread over a large area of the structure behind the reactive armor, will reduce penetration.
		The basic reactive armor uses thin metal plates and a sloped explosive sheath, which explodes when sensing an impact of an explosive charge, such as anti-tank missiles.
		The armor is not the same configuration as the reactive armor already on the Bradley fighting vehicle, “so this was a new testing and production line,” Ray said.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=31713 (1062 words)

	Minstrel Boy: Army officials tout success of reactive armor
		Army officials tout success of reactive armor - Military News, Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times: "Army officials credit their effort to install reactive armor on more armored vehicles with cutting the number of casualties from rocket-propelled grenades in Iraq.
		In 2004, they decided to put reactive armor tiles on all of the service’s Abrams tanks, Bradley armored personnel carriers and Stryker fighting vehicles, he said.
		Reactive armor works by attaching small packs of explosives to a vehicle’s outer shell.
	minstrelboy.blogspot.com /2007/04/army-officials-tout-success-of-reactive.html (1152 words)

	Scientific American: Where's the Shining Armor?
		Supplementary body armor packages that protect the arms and sides of the body began shipping only in May. Soldiers are draping their Kevlar vests over the sides of unarmored Humvees and using scrap wood and metal on the vehicle's floor for makeshift protection against roadside explosives.
		According to a spokeperson for General Dynamics, reactive armor consists of 105 tiles that attach to the sides, turret and front of each Bradley.
		The spray-on armor is similar to a polymer commonly used as a spray-on truck bed liner.
	sciam.com /print_version.cfm?articleID=00004729-691E-10F4-A91E83414B7F0103 (1121 words)

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