Russia’s ‘dandelion’ tank armour might just work

First came Russia’s “turtle tank”, a metal shed rumbling across the battlefield. Then Ukraine laughed at the so-called “hairy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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T-14 Armata's Armor is Worse Than We Thought?

Recently we have been getting a lot of information regarding the armor of the Russian T-14 Armata tank, and it might not be as good as people originally thought it was. We got several images of ...
Forbes

The Ukrainians’ M-1 Tanks Already Have Thick Armor. The Tankers Are Adding More.

The Ukrainian army is up-armoring its American-made M-1A1 Abrams tanks—with a layer of explosive reactive armor. The ERA—sandwiches of plastic-explosive and steel that explode outward when struck—can ...