Following devastating armored losses in the early stages of the war, Russia is adapting. Recent footage reveals BMP-3 ...

Footage from the Ukrainian frontlines reveals a little-seen BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle equipped with advanced explosive reactive armor. Developed after Russia’s heavy armored losses, this upgrade ...

Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...

First came Russia’s “turtle tank”, a metal shed rumbling across the battlefield. Then Ukraine laughed at the so-called “hairy ...

Unlike past instances of ineffective shielding, Russia’s "dandelion" tank armor appears to be useful against FPV drones—and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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