Reactive armor has been around for quite awhile, not sure if the Israelis invented it, but they've been using variants for quite some time.
The M1 Abrahms uses Chobham armor which is a composite of many layers of varying substances like ceramic and depleted uranium. >From the same site. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_armour will ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: This is awesome!!! > It exists believe it or not...I'll see if I can dig up the link but > the armor experts in the UK (iirc) have designed a new tank armor tech > that detects an incoming projectile and somehow electrifies the armor > in a way that strengthens it. This article says the Israelis came up > with explosive reactive armor...but for some reason I want to say the > armor on the Abrams was designed by a UK company, and that's the > company designing the power armor. Been a while since I read the > article about it, and my killing machines bookmarks are at home :) > > http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_armour > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, June 27, 2003, 10:56:09 AM, you wrote: > > AS> Pretty soon we'll have POWER ARMOR!! > > AS> ^_^ > > AS> -Gel > AS> -----Original Message----- > AS> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AS> Actually, I was thinking of a Gibson fletchette gun. > > AS> -Kevin > > AS> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
