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 ...

One particularly effective advance was Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA), where the tank's hull is covered with steel boxes filled with high explosives. These boxes are designed to detonate if hit by a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Historically tank armor has been ‘passive,’ providing protection just by being there, but this has been supplemented with ‘active’ ...

For decades, tanks have been a symbol of battlefield dominance, combining firepower, protection, and mobility. But as armor has improved, so too have the weapons designed to destroy it. Today’s ...