This armor does not just block hits but explodes to stop them. This video breaks down how Russian explosive reactive armor is ...

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 ...

Taking a technical and tactical look, we examine explosive reactive armor - how layers of controlled explosives disrupt incoming shaped charges and kinetic penetrators, its evolution from early Soviet ...

A destroyed Russian tank along the side of the road in Ukraine.Nicola Marfisi/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Heavy Russian tank and armored vehicle losses have led Russia to change its ...

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 ...

KUBINKA (Moscow region), June 16. /TASS/. Russia’s tank designed on the Armata platform has got a new-generation active armour, a military-industrial complex source told TASS on Tuesday. "This is ...

The Ukrainian army finally is adding reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. And just in time. The army is forming five new mechanized brigades—and they might need tanks. A ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The T-90’s most useful feature has actually proven to be its superior optics and fire control computer compared to earlier Russian tanks. “T-90s performed well when ...

This just may be the least safe protective garment ever: an exploding bullet-proof vest. You might have thought that jackets with built-in explosives were strictly for suicide bombers. But this design ...