[buwaya]

But active protection won’t protect from, say, a 37mm antitank gun of 1940, with solid steel shot.

[wally_bert]

Anti-tank mines would continue to be a problem.

Guess someone needs to get on that force field thingy or a hovertank like Dana Sterling used in the Southern Cross era of Robotech or better both. I’d to think of the power requirements.

[Charles Martel]

But active protection won’t protect from, say, a 37mm antitank gun of 1940, with solid steel shot.

True. I'm sure the recently reported "metal foam" technology will be evaluated as part of this program.

[archy]

But active protection won’t protect from, say, a 37mm antitank gun of 1940, with solid steel shot.

No more than *Blazer* and other add-on reactive HEAT-defeating armor proved effective against short repeated bursts of 25mm-30mm HEAT rounds from light auto cannons, which cleared the way for follow-on bursts of SABOT, or a main gun round from an accompanying Big Brother.