militarysta
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I would like to start a new topic about MBT -this time exclusive ONLY about tank armour.
It shoud help whit armour estimatous and will simplify the searching for informations.
First:
T-72M1
Turret armour:
As we can see- protection is circa 410-420mm RHA vs APFSDS and 500-520mm vs HEAT.
and here Meppen tests photos - as we can see kwarz "special armour" is mounted during casting by sevral rods - they are visible as damages in red circles on photo:
hull armour - here on PT-91 (so whit polish ERA ERAWA-2, orginally tehre is no ERA on T-72M1 hull)
For 90. cut-viev we have:
16mm HHS steel aditional external plate
60mm RHA
105mm STEF (glastextolite)
50mm RHA.
So for LOS (22 or 68. degree) we have:
42mm HHS + 160mm RHA + 280mm STEF + 146mm RHA
so protection is circa 460mm RHA vs APFSDS and circa 550mm vs HEAT
BTW: the same armour have indian T-72M1 Aleya.
BTW2: (STEF as 0.4 vs KE and 0.77 vs HEAT)
It shoud help whit armour estimatous and will simplify the searching for informations.
First:
T-72M1
Turret armour:
As we can see- protection is circa 410-420mm RHA vs APFSDS and 500-520mm vs HEAT.
and here Meppen tests photos - as we can see kwarz "special armour" is mounted during casting by sevral rods - they are visible as damages in red circles on photo:
hull armour - here on PT-91 (so whit polish ERA ERAWA-2, orginally tehre is no ERA on T-72M1 hull)
For 90. cut-viev we have:
16mm HHS steel aditional external plate
60mm RHA
105mm STEF (glastextolite)
50mm RHA.
So for LOS (22 or 68. degree) we have:
42mm HHS + 160mm RHA + 280mm STEF + 146mm RHA
so protection is circa 460mm RHA vs APFSDS and circa 550mm vs HEAT
BTW: the same armour have indian T-72M1 Aleya.
BTW2: (STEF as 0.4 vs KE and 0.77 vs HEAT)
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