Sloped armour
Sloped armour This article is in need of attention ... improve this page yourself if you can. Sloped armour for tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles ... greatly increases protection, in comparison to perpendicular armour plates of the same thickness. The ...
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Talk:Sloped armour
Talk:Sloped armour At thirty degrees to the horizontal the ... Is that the equivalent of 50% thicker armour, 50% greater chance of deflection, 50% greater ...
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Image:Sloped vs unsloped armour.png
Image:Sloped vs unsloped armour.png Image File history File links Sloped_vs_unsloped_armour ...
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Vehicle armour
Vehicle armour For body armour see armour, for armoured forces see armoured. Military vehicles ... robbery or the hijacking of the cargo. Armour may also be used in vehicles from ... attack. Some spacecraft are equipped with specialised armour to protect them against impacts from ...
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Talk:Chobham armour
Talk:Chobham armour Perforated Armour Can someone provide some information on what "perforated armour" is? I did a quick search and ... the link just redirects to the vehicle armour page, which has no mention of it ... o). But to state the obvious: perforated armour is just that: armour with perforations. ...
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Talk:Tank/Archive01
... place for any type of soldier (infantry, armour, artillery...)in combat. You could argue that ... europrobe 15:33, July 27, 2005 (UTC) Armour I see passive armour, chobham armour, and reactive armour mentioned, but what about the slat ...
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Tank
... tank is characterised by heavy weapons and armour, as well as by a high degree ... forces. Without such support, tanks, despite their armour and mobility, are vulnerable to infantry, mines ... of a fighting vehicle secret. Tanks and armour tactics have undergone many generations of evolution ... nearly a century. Although weapons systems and armour continue to be developed, many nations have ... infantry to effect a breakthrough, their heavy armour allowing them to survive enemy antitank ...
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User:Oberiko/M3 Light Tank
... the US Army, which realized that thicker armour would be required by its light tanks ... the sponsons for operation by the driver). Armour thickness ranged from 15 mm (0.59 ... V) with a larger driving compartment, thicker armour and no sponson guns. The 37-mm ... provided the opportunity to improve the bow sloped armor as well, and with these basic ... Stuart V, was modified to have a sloped hull similar to the light tank ...
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User:Oberiko/Crusader tank
... 40-mnV 1.58-in) gun and armour with a 40-mm (1.58-in ... gun was still in short supply the armour alone was increased in thickness to a ... Crusader proved fast and nippy, but its armour proved to be too thin, and the ... through, cruisers were characterised by a light armour, a good range and speed and a ... number of tanks, while in action. The armour was too thin to withstand shots ...
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Armor-piercing shot and shell
Armor-piercing shot and shell Armour piercing shell 1 Light weight ballistic cap ... Bourrelet (front) and driving band (rear) An armour piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armour and detonate. In naval warfare and older ... to withstand the shock of punching through armour plate. Shells designed for this purpose had ... vital parts of the vessel wrought iron armour of considerable thickness was placed on ...
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