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- From: ketil@ii.uib.no (Ketil M. Malde)
- Subject: Re: Type of armor
- Message-ID: <Bxyuuu.FFw@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: student of numerical analysis at the University of Bergen, Norway
- References: <1eb533INNp3v@sam.ksu.ksu.edu> <OAHVENLA.92Nov18080240@lk-hp-4.hut.fi>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:59:18 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From ketil@ii.uib.no (Ketil M. Malde)
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- >>>>> On Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:02:40 GMT, oahvenla@snakemail.hut.fi (Osma Ahvenlampi) said:
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- >>>>> In article <1eb533INNp3v@sam.ksu.ksu.edu> sdoran@sam.ksu.ksu.edu (Steven Marcotte) writes:
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- Steven> There is a type of armor that is make by placing a piece
- Steven> of aluminum on a ceramic tile. The combination is then heated
- Steven> and the al. is absorbed into the ceramic. From what I have heard
- Steven> this makes REALLY good armor. What is the name for this type of
- Steven> armor?
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- Osma> Sounds like Chobham(sp?), the one used in for example M-1 Abrams tank.
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- I always thought that chobham armor was some sort of metal laminate
- (several layers of various hardness and toughness). I thought the
- ceramic armor was more of a fututistic thing...
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- SUpposedly, ceramics would be effective against HEAT, as they have a
- very hich melting point, and also against saboted armor piercing
- rounds, that would just pulverize the ceramic locally instead of
- piercing through it.
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- This is much (a bit educated) guesswork, so feel free to show me (and
- others) the light,
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