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 ...

Preparations are currently at the final stage for accepting the Arena-M reactive armor suite for service as part of T-72 tanks MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. The Arena-M reactive armor mounted on the T-72 ...

The Javelin turns dismounted infantry into a serious threat to modern main battle tanks at long range with fire-and-forget thermal seeker and top-attack capability. The Hellfire II brings precision ...

The Ukrainian army finally is adding reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. And just in time. The army is forming five new mechanized brigades—and they might need tanks. A ...

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Russian T-90 and T-80 main battle tanks will be outfitted with the Arena-M new reactive armor, High Precision Systems Group within the state tech corporation Rostec told TASS ...

Summary and Key Points: Main battle tanks (MBTs) are pivotal in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with both sides deploying various models, including Soviet-era tanks. -Russia’s tank fleet has suffered ...