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 ...

Video shows a Russian T-72B3 tank from its Western Military District thundering through the mud with an overhead metal screen, widely termed “cope cage” by Ukrainian troops, with an added layer of ...

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 ...

Saab has unveiled a new munition for the Carl-Gustaf 84mm recoilless rifle, intended to defeat heavily armoured vehicles equipped with explosive reactive armour (ERA), which have become increasingly ...

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

Plasan, an Israeli manufacturer specializing in survivability and mission-ready mobility solutions, is launching three new survivability systems designed to address evolving threats targeting armored ...

For more than a century, tanks and anti-tank weapons have been locked in a constant arms race. As missiles and rockets became ...

The first functional tank ever built was the venerable Little Willie, constructed in 1915 by the British William Foster & Co. It was not designed for combat, but rather as a proof of concept. The ...