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I am thinking that this technology will apply nicely to tank armour? The UK has lost it's capability to make tanks from scratch, maybe this approach could be u

• lazide 3y ago
  If it was homogenous steel plate, definitely. My understanding is that modern tank armor is actually a composite with many layers of materials like hardened steel, rubber, ceramic, etc. Those allow disruption of kinetic penetrators and shaped charges more effectively than a homogenous piece of steel, so effectively more armor 'thickness' for a given weight/thickness. No idea how they weld those things together! There are some neat videos on youtube showing some pretty cool simulations of the how and why.
  • sgt101 3y ago
    Yup good points. I now rememeber "dorchester" and "chobham" armours. I must say that I too am at a loss to imagine how they are fabricated into solid hulls!