The Anniston Munitions Center has completed an almost decade‑long mission to refurbish three types of reactive armor tiles (RATs) for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The boxy explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks around the sides of the hull, known as Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles (BRAT), are but ...

New images and technical documents are raising questions about the true protection of Russia’s flagship T-14 Armata tank. Close examination of the turret and hull suggests thinner structural armor ...

Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...

The United States gave Ukraine 31 M-1A1 Abrams tanks. They equip a single battalion in the Ukrainian army’s 47th Mechanized Brigade, which has been fighting a defensive campaign west of the ruins of ...

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...

Russian troops are struggling to properly fit their tanks with Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA), adding to "heavy attrition" in combat, according to Britain's Ministry of Defense. Russia has become ...

The groundbreaking American TOW 2B missile, with its fly-over shoot-down technology, flies over the target and then fires two ...

Explosive reactive armor is designed to defeat incoming warheads, yet concerns remain about its effects on nearby troops. This episode examines how ERA functions, the risks involved, and whether its ...

The U.S. Army Contracting Command in Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, has awarded General Dynamics a $33 million contract to produce reactive armor tile sets for Army Bradley fighting vehicles.

Last year Ukraine received 49 U.S.-made M1A1 tanks from Australia, which is receiving more effective M1A2 SEPv3 models from the Americans. Ukraine had received 31 M1A1s from the U.S. in 2024. As of ...