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Often the attack vector isn't "blowing a hole", but rather causing a shockwave that turns the interior face of the armor into shrapnel (technical term - spallin
by ThrustVectoring 10y ago
Often the attack vector isn't "blowing a hole", but rather causing a shockwave that turns the interior face of the armor into shrapnel (technical term - spalling). Of course, modern tanks are designed against this to some degree.
And definitely the danger is much higher for the less-armored trucks and the like.
- gozur88 10y agoComposites and anti-spall liners have rendered that kind of attack almost entirely obsolete against modern armor. The Challenger II was designed with a rifled gun barrel so it could use HESH ammo, and the Brits have been trying to scrounge up the money to replace it with a smoothbore for decades now (I see they finally did last year).