Reading post 87615 in main thread: Split from German Tanks: Merkava
January 30th, 2005  
Whispering Death
 
 
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Originally Posted by Kozzy Mozzy
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Originally Posted by Whispering Death
The info. I was reading said the Merkava could to 60 with a diesal engine, which tells me it is doing so at the expense of armor.

Interesting estimations but what kind of armor does it have? Not Chogum.
60 KILOMETERS per hour, not 60 miles per hour.

No it doesn't have Chobham, but that's only one form of composite armor. The Leclerc, Leopard, and Merkava don't use "Chobham" but their own home grown composite armor, probably similar to Chobham. With this they all achieve a comparable level of protection.
60 kph? (I just got owned )

Do you know any tests I can look at for these new composite armors? We know chobham works because we've seen ordainence bounce off of it. Do we know these other type's work?
 
 
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