Ill just make a few short attacks, if I may. Because in my non-expert opiinion, some of you are just posting things that are ncorrect.
It's still a steel armored tank, and with that it'll get rolled on the battlefield :-/
That being said, I do like the laser self defence weapon.
I don't think that its a self defese weapon at all, as its meant to blind the enemys tankers. Its a very horribel piece of weaponry in my view.
it is more like a combination of layers of steel and other materials..
It is not maid of layers, it has some added compoit armour on the front. I would not consider that a composit armor tank.
1) I doubt the chinese composite armor
By what reason do you doubt the chinese composit armor? Do you have any specific info on it? If you do, head over to the CIA and tell them, im sure they will like to know...In the mean while, I thing we should assume its similar to other composite armor from around the world.
You got any further info on which parts the challenger took those hits? Even the lighty armored stryker has survived rpg hits with its improvised extra armor. The Rpg's used there are nothing more but pathetic spitballs.
That is by far an exgeration. Firstly, the Stryker failed to stop RPGs, untill they added the "cage" protection, which simply causes the RPG to explode too far away from the whole to do damage. This dose not mean that the Strykers armor can stop a RPG 7 round. Not at all. Scondly, the RPG 7 is a small, cheap anti tank weapon, that can penetrate 320mm of steel. That is not a spitball at all. however, since composite armour is so effective, it is hard to actually penetrate a modern tank with a RPG, unless you hit it at very specific weak points that diverce fom tank to tank.
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