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Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour used in protecting vehicles, especially modern tanks, against shaped charges and hardened kinetic energy penetrators.[1]

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  1. 28 relations: Armoured fighting vehicle, Autocannon, Bogdan Voitsekhovsky, Brisance, Capacitor, Composite armour, Electric charge, Electrical network, Glacis, Gurney equations, High-explosive anti-tank, Israel Defense Forces, Kinetic energy penetrator, Kontakt-5, M60 tank, Non-explosive reactive armor, Picatinny Arsenal, Plasma (physics), Scientific Research Institute of Steel, Shaped charge, Soviet Union, Spall, Speed of electricity, T-54/T-55, T-62, Tandem-charge, Vehicle armour, 1982 Lebanon War.

  2. Explosives engineering
  3. Vehicle armour

Armoured fighting vehicle

An armoured fighting vehicle (British English) or armored fighting vehicle (American English) (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.

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Autocannon

An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber (or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bullets) fired by a machine gun.

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Bogdan Voitsekhovsky

Bogdan Vyacheslavovich Voitsekhovsky (Богдан Вячеславович Войцеховский; 1922–1999) was a Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in the field of hydraulic impulse technique, explosion physics, atmospheric electricity, employee of the Institute of Hydrodynamics.

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Brisance

Brisance is the shattering capability of a high explosive, determined mainly by its detonation pressure.

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Capacitor

In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other.

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Composite armour

Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air. Reactive armour and Composite armour are vehicle armour.

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Electric charge

Electric charge (symbol q, sometimes Q) is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

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Electrical network

An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical components (e.g., batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of electrical elements (e.g., voltage sources, current sources, resistances, inductances, capacitances).

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Glacis

A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses. Reactive armour and glacis are vehicle armour.

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Gurney equations

The Gurney equations are a set of mathematical formulas used in explosives engineering to relate how fast an explosive will accelerate an adjacent layer of metal or other material when the explosive detonates. Reactive armour and Gurney equations are explosives engineering.

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High-explosive anti-tank

High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym, is the national military of the State of Israel.

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Kinetic energy penetrator

A kinetic energy penetrator (KEP), also known as long-rod penetrator (LRP), is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate vehicle armour using a flechette-like, high-sectional density projectile.

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Kontakt-5

Kontakt-5 is a type of second-generation explosive reactive armour (ERA) originating in the Soviet Union. Reactive armour and Kontakt-5 are Soviet inventions and vehicle armour.

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M60 tank

The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT).

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Non-explosive reactive armor

Non-explosive reactive armour (NxRA), also known as non-energetic reactive armor (NERA), is a type of vehicle armor used by modern main battle tanks and heavy infantry fighting vehicles. Reactive armour and non-explosive reactive armor are vehicle armour.

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Picatinny Arsenal

The Picatinny Arsenal is an American military research and manufacturing facility located on of land in Jefferson and Rockaway Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, encompassing Picatinny Lake and Lake Denmark.

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Plasma (physics)

Plasma is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons.

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Scientific Research Institute of Steel

The Scientific Research Institute of Steel (Научно-исследовательский институт стали), also known as NII Stali, is a Russian research institute (NII) located in the capital city of Moscow.

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Shaped charge

A shaped charge is an explosive charge shaped to focus the effect of the explosive's energy. Reactive armour and shaped charge are explosives engineering.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spall

Spall are fragments of a material that are broken off a larger solid body. Reactive armour and Spall are vehicle armour.

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Speed of electricity

The word electricity refers generally to the movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, through a conductor in the presence of a potential difference or an electric field.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.

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T-62

The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961.

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Tandem-charge

A tandem-charge or dual-charge weapon is an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation, assisting it to penetrate either reactive armour on an armoured vehicle or strong structures.

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Vehicle armour

Military vehicles are commonly armoured (or armored; see spelling differences) to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets, shells, rockets, and missiles, protecting the personnel inside from enemy fire.

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1982 Lebanon War

The 1982 Lebanon War began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon.

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See also

Explosives engineering

Vehicle armour

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_armour

Also known as Active armor, Active armour, Dynamic defense, Explosive Reactive Armor, Explosive Reactive Armour, NERA (armour), Non-energetic reactive armor, Non-energetic reactive armour, NxRA, Reactive armor, Reactive armore tiles, SLERA, Self-limiting explosive reactive armor, Self-limiting explosive reactive armour.