Woah Woah Woah, Russians stepping it up.

[grahamsy2k]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YpmcmKwWzYo

 

[indy1919a4]

That was breathtaking, would like to see and feel the noise and shock level inside the tank during one of these exchanges..

Moocho thanks

 

[Colt556]

Pretty wild stuff. Wonder what would happen to any troops milling on or around the tank.

 

[Light]

So this is essentially a missle interceptor on the small scale? Looked more like some sort of grenade timed for the missle moreso. As was mentioned, this seems like a good but expensive answer but I could see a lot of friendly casualties from the blast if there were soldiers on foot nearby.

 

[Maximinus Thrax]

Pretty wild stuff. Wonder what would happen to any troops milling on or around the tank.

Probably the same thing if the rocket were to actually hit the tank itself. You're still looking at shrapnel in either case. At least with this option the tank can have its say in the matter.

 

[HavokCycle]

i believe its referred to as active armor or somesuch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_%28countermeasure%29

 

[griffin]

At the end of the video, I kept waiting for one of the guys to say, "As always, have nice day."

 

[pudly]

Looks like it's still in the prototype stage. The Israeli's have had this for a couple of years now.

[ame="http://youtu.be/-2IqZhonKzU"]http://youtu.be/-2IqZhonKzU[/ame]

 

[chromegrill]

very impressive

 

[newguy]

doesnt the abrams and the brit version of the abrams have reactive armor?

 

[jontz]

In Soviet Russia, armor attacks you!

 

[amcdermott20]

In Soviet Russia, armor attacks you!

Haha, the inevitable....

 

[THard6]

neat videos! i had a hard time understanding the vid in the OP

 

[Movealongmovealong]

This is just a copy of existing technology. U.S. has been developing tech like this for some time (as well as some other countries). If I'm not mistaken, automated defenses like this are to become standard armament in the upcoming iterations of upgrades to U.S. heavy machinery (light and heavy tanks, etc.).

I would not be surprised at all if a lot of this type of stuff has been in the works at Crane.

 

[cgbills]

doesnt the abrams and the brit version of the abrams have reactive armor?

Reactive armor is different. It is contained in the armor itself and explodes out after being hit. Active armor no strike happens and the threat is eliminated before impact. This is not new tech and the US has been developing it too. I am interested to see how it does against a top down strike from a Javelin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=S3iA5KCa16s

 

[cwagner1]

Awesome video

 

[vitamink]

Every video posted in this thread is awesome.