BREAKING NEWS - Malaysian airliner crashes on Russian-Ukrainian border

[CountDeMoney]

Lulz, look at that reactive armor.  WHO WANTS BROWNIES

[DGuller]

D'uh.  It's a T-34--it says so right on it, except the silly Russians have the number off by 2.

Russians never were good at fit and finish with their tanks.

[DGuller]

Can you set off reactive armor with machine gun fire? 

[The Minsky Moment]

Judging from the reaction of one of the guys on the tank, it seems like it is ineffective in repelling bird poop.

[DGuller]

Judging from the reaction of one of the guys on the tank, it seems like it is ineffective in repelling bird poop.

[CountDeMoney]

Judging from the reaction of one of the guys on the tank, it seems like it is ineffective in repelling bird poop.

CAS rocks. Close Air Shitting

[derspiess]

In celebration of the eminent Russian invasion of Ukraine,

What is it? Six key features will give you the base model and variant.



[spoiler]try w/o googling [/spoiler]

T-72M?

I'm gonna guess some sort of modernized T-64.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

In celebration of the eminent Russian invasion of Ukraine,

What is it? Six key features will give you the base model and variant.



[spoiler]try w/o googling [/spoiler]

T-72M?

I'm gonna guess some sort of modernized T-64.

My best thought, without cheating, is T-80BV, but I don't think that model has reactive armor.  Its definitely in the T-64/T-80 family, though.  The hull and turret have that wide, thin, squashed look.

[11B4V]

In celebration of the eminent Russian invasion of Ukraine,

What is it? Six key features will give you the base model and variant.



[spoiler]try w/o googling [/spoiler]

T-72M?

I'm gonna guess some sort of modernized T-64.

My best thought, without cheating, is T-80BV, but I don't think that model has reactive armor.  Its definitely in the T-64/T-80 family, though.  The hull and turret have that wide, thin, squashed look.

It's a T-64BV. Actually not very modernized. Those are Kontakt-1 ERA

[11B4V]

Extra credit. Hint: It's Russian of course.

Four key features will give you the base model.  One feature will give you the variant

and this?

[crazy canuck]

Its a tracked vehicle variant known as a tank. 

[11B4V]

Its a tracked vehicle variant known as a tank. 

There you go.

[Berkut]

I've always wondered about reactive armor - is it dangerous in general?

I mean, it is pretty much explosives attached all over the tank, right?

Do they ever go off when you would not want them to?

[11B4V]

I've always wondered about reactive armor - is it dangerous in general?

I mean, it is pretty much explosives attached all over the tank, right?

Do they ever go off when you would not want them to?

I dont believe so. ERA is passive not active. However I would not want to be near the tank when it took a hit and that shit explodes.

The Arena and older Drozd system is an example of an active protection system

[derspiess]

Do .50 cal rounds set off reactive armor or is that just a fun myth?