https://www.twz.com/8144/u-s-army-m1-abrams-tanks-in-europe-are-getting-explosive-reactive-armor
>>64470226Look at the nose on that guy
this era is not new
>>64470223>chink picfuck off shill
>>64470226Absolute unit of a shnoz
>You see those warriors from NATO? They've got curved armor. Curved. Armor.
>>64470226With all that cope tiles and shit it seems a gypsy wagon
>>64470260>all that cope tiles and shitESL
>>64470270Side roofer.
>>64470226I don't think people with a nose that big should be alive
>>64470272
>>64470223OP made this thread on /pol/ already, I think the bugs are just discovering TUSK lol.
>>64470289Too bad it doesn't work against me, fatso
>>64470223It needs a hat.
>>64470293No I clicked the thread and it was already 404'd so I made it on the proper board so I could see some takes.
did nafo finaly unlocked kontakt-5 technology???
>>64470223That’s ARAT II mounted over ARAT I, which are the square blocks you may have seen before. It’s pretty old stuff man, closer to two decades old than one at this point.
>>64470339You are a dumb turdie.
>>64470223The curved ARAT above the blocky layer has been a thing for over a decade. It's dual-layer ERA similar in operation to the T-84 Oplot's side ERA.
>>64470223Why does it curve up and not down?Is the threat more surface detonated explosives versus from the sky?
>>64470270cope post
>>64471071Brown post
>>64470223>new
>>64470223why is it angled downwards?
>>64471280Deflects blast fragments into the ground
is this really new?I build this model like over a decade ago and it has the same plates
>>64470223>TUSK>new
>>64470223>newThis shit's older than you are zoomoid.
>>64471321>>64471346and when was it used?
>>64470396Are you sure? ARAT isn't a jet-forming ERA because it's convex.
Even the twz article was from 2019
>>64470259Goddammit, beat me to it.
>>64471417Tomorrow cuh
>>64471437They tested it back then, now they're actually suiting up
>>64471288why would that matter
>>64470245>>64470233>>64470276Hey, my nose is that big, what the hell guysno, I'm not a kike
>>64471417In the sandbox, retard.
>>64470223>new>article is from 2019
>>64471626cool story bro
>>64470223>newEvery day I work and come home, I just want to fucking strangle you retards to death. This is more than 10 years fucking old retard. It was deployed pre 2010 in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kill yourself OP
>>64471765Kys faggothttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams#Tank_Urban_Survival_Kit
>>64471583So you don't set off a mini claymore in the direction of nearby infantry.
>>64471789>>64471798Yeah looks exactly the FUCKING same I'm sure everything they're slapping on there is 15+ year old hardware HAHAHAQHA
>>64471892Unlike most of you 'people', we never really needed ERA, but now that we could be fielding it widely, retards like you come out of the woodwork all upset and shit. Brownies love acting like children, huh.Implessive
>>64471295It's from 2007
>>64471892>Next thing you'll be trying to tell me the tank is 46 years old AHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>64470299You are EXTREMELYBrown.
>>64471427Why the fuck would you want jet forming ERA? It's not APS trying to intercept an incoming warhead.
>>64471892OP's pics are from 2017. ARAT II wasn't brand new then either.
>>64471892The internet isn't hard to use, anon.
>>64470223>"You see those tanks from Europe? They've got curved ERA. Curved. ERA."
Whats the difference between those curved reactive armor plates and the square tile ones in pic related
>>64472040Because >>64470396 said "similar in operation to the T-84 Oplot's side ERA", the Ukrainian ERA has the particularity of being jet forming, their ERA uses the basic "Nizh" as building block for anti-tandem HEAT and APFSDS.
>>64472087Isn’t a ton of public info but the box ones apparently have a couple layers of plates inside and are probably more focused on typical HEAT type threats. The curved ones came about after EFPs became an issue iirc, meaning they probably are more focused towards kinetic protection. But to know anything 100% certain we need to wait a couple decades for a good book to get written once it’s declassified or hope the wrong guy gets in a war thunder argument
>>64472092Ah, I get what you are saying, those are Linear Shaped Charges designed to cut APFSDS up into shorter sections, I have no idea if the ARAT 2 is designed to work like that.
>>64470223>>64470226I thought Abrams in Europe were meant to get Trophy, which would interfere with turret coverage.
>>64472143>ARAT 2 is designed to work like that.It doesn't, a convex plate will fly and/or fragment instead of forming a jet or EFP.
>>64470339Which is totally useless by the way versus modern antitank threats or something
>>64471836>mini
>>64470223>newI don't have anything to say except that I wish all third worlders a very nuclear annihilation
Have you seen those tanks from America? They've got curved ERACURVEDERA
>>64472087Can we turn the smoke grenade canister boxes into something besides MONSTER ENERGY holsters please?Radar panels maybe. Anything.Hell I bet the plastic EPLARS holsters are still in place on the turret wall interior. Come on, it's like half the tank was just pencil-whipped through the design office.
>>64475163Why?
>>64471123cope reply
>>64470259lol
>>64470223ARAT is not new. Abrams have had it for years.
>>64472143>I have no idea if the ARAT 2 is designed to work like that.It was announced to deal with tandem charges. I have suspicion it works as claymore mine.It is detonated buy tandem charge precursor and the prodcues fan of fragments that hits main charge, deforms it and reduces its penetration.Soviets had similar effects during Kontakt trials. There are angles at which main charge of the tandem ATGM is located in a path of ERA flyer plate and that leads to failure of ATGM to penetrate armor.Like here when you shot perpendicularly flyer plates hits main chagrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsV-L18DNo
