Explosive reactive armor is widely used on tanks and infantry fighting vehicles to defeat incoming warheads, but concerns ...

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 ...

First came Russia’s “turtle tank”, a metal shed rumbling across the battlefield. Then Ukraine laughed at the so-called “hairy ...

Following devastating armored losses in the early stages of the war, Russia is adapting. Recent footage reveals BMP-3 ...

The Ukrainian army is up-armoring its American-made M-1A1 Abrams tanks—with a layer of explosive reactive armor. The ERA—sandwiches of plastic-explosive and steel that explode outward when struck—can ...