Taking a technical and tactical look, we examine explosive reactive armor - how layers of controlled explosives disrupt incoming shaped charges and kinetic penetrators, its evolution from early Soviet ...

Confusion around Russian explosive reactive armor is widespread, especially when identifying Kontakt 1, Kontakt 5, Relikt, and newer systems. This breakdown explains how each type looks on different ...

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 ...

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 ...