Ironic that the Abrams A1 and the German Tiger tank have the same “weakness” The rear armor is weaker than the frontal and side armor and both tanks were vulnerable to rear attacks. Did the American and German designers make the same error? Actually no. The rear armor is designed to blow outward if the stored ammunition were suddenly to “cook off”. The force of the explosion would be directed away from the crew and they would be likely to survive the horrific explosion. An armor piercing device that would ignite within a tank who’s armor was equally strong throughout would almost certainly kill the entire crew.
If the tank can be hit from the rear, you have to assume really poor tactics. It is VERY common for tanks to be vulnerable from the rear since the front is supposed to be toward the enemy, just like the friendly Claymore mine.
All Abrams needs is a black diaper.
All ATGM`s are guided by reflected laser beams. A black cloth wrap-around beamstopper reflects close to 0% laser beams.
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