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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gentle correction: Chobham is not reactive. It mimics some of the effects of reactive armor, by redirecting some of the energy of a HEAT round against the shaped charge jet itself (when the ceramic shatters into dust), but it is not truly reactive. As one poster put it:

Thats why you'll see soldiers riding on top of an M1 but never a T72 -the top of the T72 is covered with explosive reactive bricks.

55 posted on 01/11/2013 7:19:16 PM PST by Lazamataz (LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
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An Israeli full colonel told me it was, but I believe you.


59 posted on 01/11/2013 7:30:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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