rolled armour

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• Rolled homogeneous armour — Rolled homogeneous armour, or RHA, is a basic type of steel plate, used as a baseline to compare the effectiveness of military vehicle armour.Through the end of World War II, the type of armour for almost all tanks and other armoured vehicles was …   Wikipedia

• Armour — (or armor) is protective covering, most commonly manufactured from metals, to prevent damage from being inflicted to an individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat. While early armour tended …   Wikipedia

• Armour-piercing discarding sabot — A Phalanx Mk149 APDS discarding its sabot and petals Armour piercing discarding sabot (APDS) is a type of kinetic energy projectile fired from a gun to attack armoured targets. APDS rounds are sabot rounds and were commonly used in large calibre… …   Wikipedia

• Chobham armour — A pre series American M1 Abrams, the first main battle tank type to be protected by Chobham armour …   Wikipedia

• Sloped armour — is armour that is neither vertical nor horizontal and is typically mounted on tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs). For a given normal to the surface of the armour, its plate thickness, increasing armour slope improves the armour s… …   Wikipedia

• Composite armour — Plasan Sand Cat light (5t) military vehicle featuring integrated composite armoured body …   Wikipedia

• Compound armour — was a type of armour used on warships in the 1880s. By the end of the decade it had been rendered obsolete by nickel steel armour. Prior armours Prior to the 1880s, all naval armour plating was made from uniform homogeneous wrought iron plates on …   Wikipedia

• Brown, Sir John — ▪ British manufacturer born Dec. 6, 1816, Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], Eng. died Dec. 27, 1896, Bromley, Kent [now Greater London]       British armour plate manufacturer who developed rolled steel plates for naval warships.… …   Universalium

• SU-152 — Infobox Weapon name=SU 152 caption= origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union|1923 type=Tank destroyer is vehicle=yes length=8.95 m (29.36 ft) width= 3.25 m (10.66 ft) height= 2.45 m (8 ft) weight= 45.5 tonnes (100,309 lbs) suspension=torsion bar speed=43… …   Wikipedia

• Ch'ŏnma-ho — Infobox Weapon is vehicle=yes type=Main battle tank origin=flagcountry|North Korea design date=1990 [http://www.jedsite.info/tanks charlie/charlie/chonma ho series/chonmaho series.html CH¹ONMA HO.] Retrieved on December 11, 2007.] designer=Second …   Wikipedia

• Steel — For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). The steel cable of a colliery winding tower …   Wikipedia