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Russian armour development.
00_Chem_AJB
6/4/2008 3:01:34 PM
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| As we all know the Russians seem to love their ERA, however ERA has its down sides: After one shot on the ERA, the protection offered by that tile or slab is gone. And of course the dangers for nearby infantry, though this, according to the Russians*, has been reduced with Kontkat-5 as the slab is not reduced to shrapnel like the older Kontkat-1. Now there is alot of speculation as to what will be Russia's new tank when they unveil it next year, but it seems it will incorporate Russia's latest ERA Kactus.** So my question is has Russia focused on making better ERA in favour of further development of composite armour more commonly seen on Western MBTs, after all Russia was the first to use composite (Combination K) on the T-64***
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