reactive armor

An ingenious solution in constant evolution

The USSR developed one of the most popular SCBAs in the world, the famous Kontakt-1 “brick”, which today has been succeeded by more modern models such as the Kontakt-5 and which equips the T-72AV, T-72B, T- 80BV or T-64BV, among others.

Since the birth of armored vehicles, the armor made of steel or cast iron has been the main means of protection, although over time new materials have been added and its manufacture has been complicated with the adoption of spaced, sandwich-type designs, etc. . The objective, always, has been to achieve equal or superior protection, if possible with a lower weight that helps with another of the basic characteristics of the car -and also closely related to protection-, such as mobility.

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