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It is actually a secret ;). Or rather the actual true composition and how to get it right is :P. But watching a few youtube I guess I should correct myself. Chobham and its making was shared with the US by the UK, not sure if the same holds true with the Dorchester version that the british...

Chobham is the laminar armour construction used on the Challenger tanks, not sure what the American's call their variant or the germans theirs. But I was under the impression that the "sandwich" nature of the laminar armour would actually work as a deterrent against shaped charges etc, as some...

One of my military driving instructor has been on several tours into the sandbox and has been hit 4 times by IED's. Once in a Piranha/Stryker, once in a Leopard A2 MBT, and once in an MRAP Cougar and I cant remember what he was inside the 4th time. But 3 out of the 4 hits the vehicle they were...

Shaped charges is and well always be a preferred measure to beat armour. It just sucks that the taliban now has the knowledge and means to fabricate this kind of improvised munitions, but such is life. Adapt, overcome, Survive.