What does composite armor do?
It is possible to design composite armour stronger, lighter and less voluminous than traditional armour, but the cost is often prohibitively high, restricting its use to especially vulnerable parts of a vehicle. Its primary purpose is to help defeat high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) projectiles.
How is composite armor made?
It used an armour known as Combination K, which apparently is glass-reinforced plastic sandwiched between inner and outer steel layers. Through a mechanism called thixotropy, the resin changes to a fluid under constant pressure, allowing the armour to be moulded into curved shapes.
How strong is composite armor?
Over the years newer and tougher composites have been developed, giving about five times the protection value of the original pure ceramics, the best of which were again about five times as effective as a steel plate of equal weight.
Which tank has the strongest armor?
The Challenger 2 has the latest Chobham armor and is one of the most protected MBTs in the world today. It offers very high level of protection against direct fire weapons. This British tank is armed with a very accurate 120 mm rifled gun. Its gun is rifled as opposed to smoothbore guns used by all other modern MBTs.
Why are composite materials used?
Why use composites? The greatest advantage of composite materials is strength and stiffness combined with lightness. By choosing an appropriate combination of reinforcement and matrix material, manufacturers can produce properties that exactly fit the requirements for a particular structure for a particular purpose.
What is composite armor?
Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air. Most composite armours are lighter than their all-metal equivalent, but instead occupy a larger volume for the same resistance to penetration.
What is special 3D composite structural armor?
Special 3D composite structural armor solutions utilize the experience TenCate Advanced Armor holds in material science to provide end-users with extreme lightweight components to match any conventional threat.
What is composite armour tiles for vehicles?
SICADUR silicon carbide tiles for vehicles. Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air.
What makes Chobham different from other composite armour?
Chobham uses multiple non-explosive reactive armor plates (NERA), which sandwiches a layer of elastomer (like rubber) between two plates of steel armour. This was shown to dramatically increase the resistance to HEAT projectiles, even in comparison to other composite armour designs.