Interesting: Modern Armor vs Old Armor

[Eric]

 

[DAKA]

6 hours ago, Eric said:

 

And in conclusion ??

[Eric]

7 hours ago, DAKA said:

And in conclusion ??

Don’t let someone attach a big-ass hydraulic press to the hull of your tank, I guess.  

[DAKA]

4 minutes ago, Eric said:

Don’t let some attach a big-ass hydraulic press to the hull of your tank, I guess.  

Why not just shoot some armor piercing rounds at it ?

[Eric]

Just now, DAKA said:

Why not just shoot some armor piercing rounds at it ?

That’s a good idea. The press probably doesn’t have much protection. Those rounds would tear it apart. 

[Borg warner]

8 hours ago, DAKA said:

And in conclusion ??

And in conclusion, when I first watched the video I want armor that was made out of the same material as that big pointed thing in the hydraulic press, but then I liked the "modern Steel" better. But from what I've heard, Depleted Uranium is the best armor piercing material but when it's machined it gives off very toxic airborne particles.

[Eric]

32 minutes ago, Borg warner said:

And in conclusion, when I first watched the video I want armor that was made out of the same material as that big pointed thing in the hydraulic press, but then I liked the "modern Steel" better. But from what I've heard, Depleted Uranium is the best armor piercing material but when it's machined it gives off very toxic airborne particles.

It gives off toxic particles when it hits too, but I suspect the targeted tank crews have more pressing things to deal with just then. It's just a big, dense dart, but over the centuries, we have worked out ways to throw things like that pretty damned fast. My brother was an M1A tank driver back in the eighties. He has some interesting stories about what those tank rounds can do.

[Maser]

Depleted uranium in rimfire rounds work really well too against armor. 

 

[minderasr]

FPSRussia!  I miss that guy.  Always enjoyed his videos.

[railfancwb]

Isn’t reactive armor for tanks a sometimes thing now?

[Eric]

19 minutes ago, railfancwb said:

Isn’t reactive armor for tanks a sometimes thing now?

Reactive armor is very common now, but it doesn't help against an armor piercing projectile. Reactive armor is just blocks of explosive that detonate and hopefully defuse the plasma cone on an exploding shaped charge, like the one on a HEAT round or antitank missile. Of course, reactive armor has been out a long time and most modern missiles have warheads designed to defeat reactive armor. All it takes is a secondary charge to detonate the reactive armor block first, so that the shaped charge can then give its lethal injection.

Reactive armor is meant to make a direct hit from a shaped charge survivable, but they mean survivable for the tank. I wonder what having a few pounds of explosive in contact with the hull exploding does to the crew, even if nothing penetrates through to them. It has to ring their bell something fierce.

[railfancwb]