How do you make armour better ? Simple, drill holes in it !!!

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised an ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

Details of the steel armour, called Super Bainite, were outlined during a seminar at the University of Cambridge.


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Peace ...

interesting.
never would have thought that would be useful in armor protection.

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Wow. Thats pretty cool. What brillant idea. It seems so counterintuitive but it makes perfect sense.

The "klostering" process sounds even more interesting. If what they say is true it would seem to be a total shift in steel manafacturing.

S+F

is chobham going to be replaced? armour withstanding tank shells , yet thin as carboard

Wasn't that the concept that was implemented in the Trade Towers design? The "netting" was supposed to protect the Towers from an airplane crashing into them. Hmmmmmm.... wonder why it didn't work on 911.

Originally posted by Harlequin
is chobham going to be replaced? armour withstanding tank shells , yet thin as carboard

Chobham was replaced several years ago with Dorchester, which is in turn being supplimented with Wrap-2.

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It seems to me like a more advanced and compact version of Slat armor. Same basic principle, intercept the projectile and diffuse it before it can make contact with solid armor. Still ingenious but hardly out of the blue.

Looks like it's being deployed already.
www.mod.uk...

Click on the picture in the article to see a larger version and you can see behind the slat armour the new armour with holes.

Originally posted by KOGDOG
Wasn't that the concept that was implemented in the Trade Towers design? The "netting" was supposed to protect the Towers from an airplane crashing into them. Hmmmmmm.... wonder why it didn't work on 911.

Perhaps because planes were not the only reason the towers fell.
Whole other topic though.

Sounds a good idea(the armour), will have to see what happens

IIRC, perforated steel armor was used on the leopard 1 tank, way back in the 70s.

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IT didnt work because in the center of the building there was supposed to be plywood or drywall that would have prevented the fuel from falling into the stair well and would have contained the fire

A flame from a lighter or candle won't pass through a piece of window screen, so this concept could even keep flames from contacting the metal of the vehicle.

Just something I thought about.