| x42brown | 05 Jan 2009 1:26 p.m. PST |
I find this interesting link but even if it works well I can see the man in the field being very nervous about being protected by holes. x42 |
| Norman D Landings | 05 Jan 2009 1:41 p.m. PST |
What do you know… my underpants are bulletproof! |
| Griefbringer | 05 Jan 2009 1:45 p.m. PST |
my underpants are bulletproof! I presume they have not been washed lately? Griefbringer |
| Norman D Landings | 05 Jan 2009 1:48 p.m. PST |
Well, I was referring to the holes.
But since you mentioned…. |
 John the OFM  | 05 Jan 2009 4:11 p.m. PST |
Dollars will get you donuts that the manufacturing process described was misleading or just plain wrong.
Either deliberately to confuse rivals and potential enemies.
Or unintentionally, because reporters are generally ignorant of technical or scientific matters. Or, "Hey! Let's tell the Russian that the best armour is full of holes!" |
| lkmjbc3 | 05 Jan 2009 4:32 p.m. PST |
Nope, this is correct. Leopard 2 has had it for years. The holes put stress on the round. Causes it to tumble and/or break. The armor is lighter as well. This probably part of the Challengers armor as well. Not sure about the Abrams. Sovs used a different setup, but it had some of the same concept. Joe Collins |
| jpattern2 | 05 Jan 2009 7:28 p.m. PST |
I read a sci-fi short story decades ago in which a scientist suddenly realized that a perforated sheet of paper rarely tore perfectly along the perforations. (Try it yourself and see.) He figured out what made those perforations tear-proof and created an entire sheet consisting of nothing but that type of perforation. The sheet was absolutely invisible and completely indestructible.
:) |
| JeanLuc | 06 Jan 2009 12:05 a.m. PST |
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| Lampyridae | 06 Jan 2009 2:45 a.m. PST |
Holy Bulletproof Armour, Batman! (Well somebody was going to say it…) |
| Lion in the Stars | 06 Jan 2009 1:54 p.m. PST |
Since there's going to be a spall liner inside that ventilated layer (and probably multiple layers of that steel) anyway, just don't tell the troops! |
| Klebert L Hall | 06 Jan 2009 2:48 p.m. PST |
It's undoubtedly designed for use as an outer layer of spaced armor, like the slat armor you see a lot.
-Kle. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 06 Jan 2009 3:57 p.m. PST |
Interesting stuff. I was involved with something similar, called "P90" armour in the late 80s/early 90s. |
| TankGuy | 09 Jan 2009 8:29 p.m. PST |
RPG round that hit it would have problems detonating, I would think, or have the shaped charge warhead deformed hitting the hole. Saw chains hanging from a MERKAVA. Protected the underside of the turret. TG |
| Cacadores | 09 Jan 2009 9:13 p.m. PST |
If it's edges that do the job, then why not leave it to the bar armour most British vehicles are surounded by nowadays? |
