Vehicle armour

uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium

thumb|right|Diagram showing upward sloped glacis A glacis (, ) in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses. They may be constructed of earth as a temporary structure or of stone in more permanent structure. More generally, a glacis is any slope, natural or artificial, which fulfils the above requirements. The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made dangerous with ice, hence the relationship with glacier.

type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor

type of addon armor

type of vehicle armor

thumb|right|The advanced Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour on this Indian Army T-90S is arranged in pairs of plates with a triangular profile Kontakt-5 is a type of second-generation explosive reactive armour (ERA) originating in the Soviet Union. Due to the shortcomings of Kontakt-1, NII Stali developed a new type of reactive armor, Kontakt-5, so that it also affects the penetration characteristics of APFSDS projectiles, unlike Kontakt-1. In addition, Kontakt-5 is not just additional armor, but is clearly integrated into the vehicle hull. The Kontakt-5 modules have a significantly thicker s

vehicle armor to protect against anti-tank rockets

British-designed composite armor

armor protecting a vehicle

armor for a crew-served or vehicle-mounted weapon

Russian innovation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

type of armour

armour that is neither in a vertical nor a horizontal position, often mounted on tanks and naval vessels, making it harder to penetrate for antitank-weapons

armor with plates spaced a distanced apart

thumb|Very high-speed photography of a small projectile striking a thin [[aluminium plate at 7,000 m/s. The impact causes the projectile to disintegrate, and generates a large number of small fragments from the aluminium (spallation). This can occur without penetration of the plate.]]

armor plating protecting the opening through which a weapon fires

thumb|right|300px|The V-hull on the Marine Personnel Carrier (highlighted in green) protects well against IEDs, but raises the center of mass, increasing the likelihood of rollovers.

thumb|Kontakt-1 on the upper glacis and turret of a T-80BV Kontakt-1 (; GRAU indice: 4S20) is an explosive reactive armour (ERA) created in 1982 by Soviet NII Stali to protect tanks from shaped charges. The first tank with Kontakt-1 put into service was T-64BV in 1985. The system is still widely used by different countries within T-55, T-62, T-64, T-72, T-80 tank families among others.

brand of Ukrainian tank armor modules

improvised armor developed during Russo-Ukrainian war

makeshift armour installed on vehicles