Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...

This video breaks down why explosive reactive armor is often a bad fit for BMPs, BTRs, and other lightly armored vehicles.

It’s clear some Russian troops don’t know how their armor works. Photos that recently circulated online depict Russian Gaz-66 trucks wearing blocks of explosive reactive armor. The armor won’t protect ...

The M1 Abrams and the T-90 have become two of the world’s most recognizable ...

For more than a century, tanks and anti-tank weapons have been locked in a constant arms race. As missiles and rockets became more powerful, tank designers were forced to develop new ways to protect ...

Furthermore, the explosive reactive armor and Trophy active protection system defending Israeli tanks produce explosive flashes of their own when intercepting incoming attacks. See, for example, the ...

Modern armored vehicles face a growing range of threats that traditional armor was never designed to handle alone. Mine ...

Summary and Key Points: Main battle tanks (MBTs) are pivotal in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with both sides deploying various models, including Soviet-era tanks. -Russia’s tank fleet has suffered ...

The first functional tank ever built was the venerable Little Willie, constructed in 1915 by the British William Foster & Co. It was not designed for combat, but rather as a proof of concept. The ...

The panopticon created by drones and cell phone cameras ubiquitous on Ukrainian battlefields has captured many extraordinary mechanized battles from multiple perspectives. One of the more curious is a ...