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To: PIF

Aren’t the rears and tops of tanks and APCs not armored and heavily as the front, sides?


99 posted on 03/23/2022 2:41:04 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

I can take a crack at that. Javelins attack from above, which is why they are so effective, but, many other anti-tank systems are not that sophisticated: In the vids you see them coming in pretty much horizontal, usually from the side.

If the tank has passed you, you are probably dead.

Now I have a question for our arms experts: If a typical NLAW hits a tank with reactive armor from the side, typically how big an area of reactive armor blows off?


100 posted on 03/23/2022 4:43:17 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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