I really want to make a replica of it, i could make a good camping vehicle out of it without the gun, in the case that im not allowed to own a mobile weapon in my country.
It’s now at 26 seconds reloading time 💀 In reality, the actual reloading time (even when leaving room for error and time to adjust) is about 13 seconds
Yet shaped charges still slice through modern battletanks in ukraine 40 years later. So looking at this its very strange if these tests were actually real.
The only tanks to use this armor are the British Challengers and American Abrams. That being said, the armor on the bottom and top of the tanks are thin so they're still vulnerable to AT mines and drone attacks. This technology was great in desert storm. The T72's 125 apds rounds would simply disintegrate on impact with Abrams tanks. But yeah, the concept of the MBT being used as a break through weapon is something of the past.
All composite armor is layers of different materials: Steel + something very hard and dense + something softer, but much lighter. That's the basic concept. Additionally to absorb the shockwave and prevent spalling you have either a thin layer of something very soft in-between and/or an anti spalling liner on the inside under the paint. For the hard and dense layer, initially ceramics were used, later tungsten and depleted uranium. Rumors say it's not always a full layer but just a mesh to save weight, at least in some places. In key areas you also have NERA, "non explosive reactive armor", which is e.g. multiple layers of different materials that will deform/change shape under the stress of an impacting projectile. NERA is engineered in a way that this deformation will cause negative effects on the projectile, like causing it to slightly deflect and/or causing it to deform material in a way so that the projectile has to go through more armor than if it was just non reactive armor. The only thing I don't understand is why engineers of "western" tanks don't make use of both NERA and ERA. Maybe we'll see that on the next generation of MBTs, especially with the proliferations of drones and therefore the necessity of good HEAT protection all around, as ERA is the most effective against HEAT threats. The South Korean K2 could be unique in a way that is uses both ERA and NERA.
19k tc here. You boys have some wild ass guesses about whats in it. It consists of w̶̝͚͉̘͚̭̤̬̝̳̞̖̤͗͛́͗͜ḩ̴̼̲̤̖̝̩͗̃̽̓̔̀̂̑̊͐̋̕̚͝ĩ̵̯͇͎͛̌̾́̏̀͠r̶̢̛̜̭̖̘̯̗̲͎̘͔̩̘͐͊̏̈̎͐̍̑͑͂͑͘ļ̶̢̛̛͉̼͇̼̤̗̠͉͙̖͓̈́͒́̒̎̏̾̈́͒͑̆̈͜ͅy̵̞̌̓̈́͐̇͊͗́̌̄͋̀͆̂͝g̷̨̧̦͈͎̮͔͈̱̽̋̔̌͘͝i̶̡̨͖̤̤̖͍̩̳̙̟͍͔̱̱͋̔̀g̴̨̗̼̙͉͍͓̪̭̠̔̽͊͂̊͘͝s̶̰̭̒̽͌͆͘ ̴̱̳̪͖̩͓̠̞͛͆ͅa̵̢͖̰͚̺̮̰̜̦͕̳̐̄͋̈́͊͐̃̎̆̀͝n̵̢̢̞̣̼̺̝͖̂͆͆͐͌́̔̌͐͐͝͠ͅd̶̢̳̖͎̩̦͓̦̠͙̖͉͓̽ ̶͍̂͋͊̃ͅc̴̡̧̪͔̳̟̰̦̞̰͉̫͕̤͂̿͜h̶̫̣͍͉̻̻͙̫͎̝͎̫̍̌͌͜ǫ̴̢͚̟̪̰͚̲̞̬̫͙̤̤̏̄̈́͋̏̒̂̀̋̈́̈́c̴̡̭̒̍̃ͅo̶̹̯̤͍͉̦̯̞͕̪͚̘̍̐́̂̓̾́̇̀̐̍̀̕̕͜l̶͇̜̦͈͗̔͋̒̂̍̆̍͒͠ạ̸͚̗̙̣̠͔̹̲̰̒̔̎̆͑ṯ̷̺͇͓̗͓̹̫͓̣̒̉̀͐́͗͜4̴͖̭̪̻̰̗̝̤̒̔͋̈́̈́͛̿͗͒͒͌̚͜͝t̴̛̠̼͐̈̐͑̀̄̕͘̚ė̸̮̹̏ ̶̛̲̽͋̌̊̽͊̂͒̿̂͠͝͠p̴͍͔̱̝̠͓̮̲͖̪̂̏̏̂̔̓͋͆͗̃̀̀̎͋ͅṳ̶̺͇̒̿̂̋́̒̔͘͘d̸͙̖̺̳̲̟̻͔̰̕d̸̡̮͓͍̪̲̱̪̫̗̘̞͗́́͂̇̄̈́́̌͊̍̃͘͝ͅį̴͎̐̀́͐̾̈̊̈̈́́̆͠n̸͔̹̩̠̰͓͖̗͔͙̝̖͈̹̉̄͑͝ͅģ̴̛̪̖̰̘̰̂̉̍̂͛̅͐̑̈́̈́́̓̈͠ {Redacted}
Now all we have to do is wait until the secret data from the testing ground is published on the pages of the intelligence organization Gaijin Entertainment
Strange to remember that in 1979 the nation was pretty much on its ar5e after a decade of seemingly endless industrial action but could still innovate and manufacture world leading products.
Judging on the after effects shown on the rear of the armor, the Chobham armor is specifically meant for and is very capable of defeating HEAT type impacts.
Events in Ukraine regarding the great success of drones against the latest armored vehicles has prompted further research into composite armor. Aberdeen Proving Grounds is currently testing a special ceramic using my wife's lasagna. It has withstood kinetic energy penetrators up to 240mm at 16,000 fps.
I remember when that stuff was being developed. I was attending the master gunner course at the weapons department at Fort Knox Kentucky. Those were the days for sure. 😢
Chobham was a truly revolutionary armour and was quickly purchased by the Americans for their new M1 Abrams. A year later it was used on Challenger 1 before improved "Dorchester" was used on Challenger 2. The Germans never adopted Chobham for their Leopard 2 instead using inferior spaced armour.
