Re: [Epic] Tank Armor

From: Sutherland <charles_at_...>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:46:02 -0500

At 08:58 AM 9/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>At 01:41 PM 9/10/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>> With metre-thick armour, any shots which would bounce off without damage
>>> would probably do none anyway.
>>>
>>I'm not sure of this. As a not-too-expert tank cultist, I can say
>>that the armour's iclination is very important in the making of a
>>modern tank armour. The incidence degree of a projectile, combined
>>with its great speed and maybe rotation is also very important in matter
>>of armor penetration.
>>Consider two components which advantage inclined armour insetad of
>>normal:
>>1) The thickness of the armor, if the plate is very inclined, is
>>very increased.
>>2) Due to the speed of the projectile, there is some chance (dunno if
>>high or low) thet the shell will bounce away where maybe, hitting,
>>could have fused the armor and prjected inside the vehicle and
>>explosive shell (H.E.A.T. type shell).
>>
> I remember hearing that some modern shells are designed with the intention
>of not penetrating the armor, but distributing the energy over a slightly
>larger surface area, causing the interior to flake off into pieces of
>shrapnel which whiz around the interior killing all the crew.

That would be a HESH (high explosive squash head) round. Designed to
kill/maim/fold/spindle the occupants or equipment inside the vehicle rather
than penetrate. Not a happy weapon.

                                                        That Chuk Guy
Received on Thu Sep 11 1997 - 02:46:02 UTC