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 ...

It’s clear some Russian troops don’t know how their armor works. Photos that recently circulated online depict Russian Gaz-66 trucks wearing blocks of explosive reactive armor. The armor won’t protect ...

Armored vehicle protection is moving beyond thicker steel and heavier plating as defense companies ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The boxy explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks around the sides of the hull, known as Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles (BRAT), are but ...

Taking a technical and tactical look, we examine explosive reactive armor - how layers of controlled explosives disrupt incoming shaped charges and kinetic penetrators, its evolution from early Soviet ...

This story follows the long and violent shift that began when gunpowder moved from experimental fire weapons in China to battlefield-changing cannons and firearms in Europe. The stakes were enormous ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: the Javelin is such an effective weapons system that who gets one is can be a major political issue. The U.S.-made FGM-148 Javelin is one of the ...