The boxy explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks around the sides of the hull, known as Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles (BRAT), are but one component of a fully equipped BUSK M2. The ERA, like its Russian ...

REACTIVE ARMOR: The fourth Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) will have reactive armor, Army officials say. "The slat armor was an interim solution. Reactive armor and an active protection system for ...

The United States gave Ukraine 31 M-1A1 Abrams tanks. They equip a single battalion in the Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, which has been fighting a defensive campaign west of the ruins of ...

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 ...

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP), which has been equipping Army Bradley fighting vehicles with reactive armor since 1999, has opened a new facility in Mississippi to ...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have dismantled a large-scale scheme operating in two regions of the country. The perpetrators have embezzled UAH ...

The ‘Tankbuster’ still lives up to its name. Results of recent live fire testing by the US Air Force (USAF) found that, 50 years after its inception, A-10C Thunderbolts can still crack open the armour ...

Summary and Key Points: The M60 Patton may be long retired in U.S. service, but thousands remain relevant overseas thanks to ...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems detailed its Armour Shield KE explosive reactive armour (ERA) solution at the International Armoured Vehicles online conference on 3 February, a new armour solution ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The T-90’s most useful feature has actually proven to be its superior optics and fire control computer compared to earlier Russian tanks. “T-90s performed well when ...