Why does Russian explosive reactive armor (ERA) sometimes fail to explode when a tank is destroyed? In numerous images of destroyed Russian tanks, ERA blocks like Kontakt-1 and Kontakt-5 appear ...

Tank and maintenance crews from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, are giving their M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks a buffed up look that improves the overall defensive capabilities of the tank.

The Ukrainian army has begun adding blocks of explosive reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks, in the process creating a uniquely Ukrainian version of the classic 1980s-vintage tank ...

Tank and maintenance crews from 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, installed the Abrams reactive armor tile to better protect the tanks and the crew members. The crews are part of the 3rd Armored ...

ICTV capture. The Ukrainian army finally is adding reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. And just in time. The army is forming five new mechanized brigades—and they might need tanks.

The Russian T-90 MBT battle tank has been in service since 1993. Here's everything you need to know about it. ... explosive reactive armor, and the impressive Shtora-1 countermeasures.

Indeed, Forbes reports that explosive reactive armor can render a tank around twice as resistant to such impacts. It isn't generally to be used on certain lightly armored vehicles, ...

The Abrams’ 120mm cannon effortlessly peeled the turrets off of T-72 tanks in the Gulf War, while Russian anti-tank missiles and 125mm shells couldn’t pierce the American tank’s Chobham armor.