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Rare Russian BMP-3 with explosive armor spotted as Ukraine’s drone war escalates

Footage from the Ukrainian frontlines reveals a little-seen BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle equipped with advanced explosive reactive armor. Developed after Russia’s heavy armored losses, this upgrade ...
Yahoo

Russian Tank With ‘Cope Cage’ Covered In Explosive Reactive Armor Emerges

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 ...
Yahoo

Russia's being more cautious with its tanks and trying to hide them after heavy losses in battle, but it's shooting itself in the foot

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 ...
Forbes

Now The Russians Have Invented A Self-Exploding Tank

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 ...
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Russia’s “Dandelion” tank could be effective at countering drones

Unlike past instances of ineffective shielding, Russia’s "dandelion" tank armor appears to be useful against FPV drones—and aids in the vehicle’s camouflage as well.
Newsweek

Untrained Russian Troops Struggling to Fit Tank Armor, Causing Losses: U.K.

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 ...
TASS

Russia’s new Armata tank gets new-generation reactive armour

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 ...
Forbes

The Ukrainians Know Their Leopard 1A5 Tanks Have An Armor Problem

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 ...