How Tanks Defend Themselves from Rockets and Missiles
By Kyle Mizokami
Jun 5, 2017
As large, fast-moving, and heavily armed behemoths, tanks are the primary offensive weapon of modern armies. And for the past 100 years, engineers have been locked in an arms race to protect their own tanks and kill others. Typically, protecting tanks has consisted of adding new, increasingly heavy armor plating. But kinetic active protection systems, such as the Russian ARENA system in this video, are growing increasingly popular
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