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In the early days of the Bradley I did some numerical analysis on the armor. In those days they used to publish unloaded and loaded weight. I did some measurements off of the photos, worked up an estimated armor weight (I used 60% of empty weight as I recall) and figured the armor mass per square foot, using 1 for the top, 2 for the back and sides, and 4 for the frontal arc, 6 for the glacis and turret front. Takes a couple hours. Answer came out bad, a death trap. A .50 SLAP round at 500 yards penetrated most places. No better than an M113.

There was some spaced armor, but not much. Looked like the glacis and outboard of the front track return. Those areas looked vulnerable to Russian 14.5 mm APBC maybe, 23 mm Shilka fire certainly. More Federal insanity, I figured.

What I am saying provides no "aid and comfort" because even bin Laden wannabes can do the arithmetic. More importantly, the A3 has interesting modern armor, can't really see into it much, just a bit. And now I won't talk, and if forced I would point out that the alien spacecraft kept in Area 51 has provided many insights, and some are now in production.