First came Russia’s “turtle tank”, a metal shed rumbling across the battlefield. Then Ukraine laughed at the so-called “hairy ...

Video shows a Russian T-72B3 tank from its Western Military District thundering through the mud with an overhead metal screen, widely termed “cope cage” by Ukrainian troops, with an added layer of ...

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 ...

Russian troops are struggling to properly fit their tanks with Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA), adding to "heavy attrition" in combat, according to Britain's Ministry of Defense. Russia has become ...

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Russian troops launch a Lancet. Russia’s newest Lancet explosive drones apparently fire slugs of molten metal that can shoot right past the add-on armor Ukrainian troops count on to protect their ...

WITU unveiled the Pangolin ERA system at MSPO 2022. (Janes/Christopher Petrov) The Polish Military Institute for Armament Technologies (WITU) unveiled a new explosive reactive armour (ERA) system at ...

In additino to that, as compared to Russian tanks, the Leopards lack explosive reactive armor and thus are vulnerable to Russian Vikhr and Ataka missiles employed by Russian combat aircraft to ...

Since the start of the war, ERA has appeared on many light vehicles, but this approach can create more risks than benefits ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: the Javelin is such an effective weapons system that who gets one is can be a major political issue. The U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin is one of the ...