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General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded a $30 million competitive contract from U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command for the production of reactive armor tile sets to equip Abrams tanks.
Reactive armor that currently equips the U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicle is already saving lives and preventing crippling damage to combat vehicles in Iraq. The system is made up of tiles that fasten to the exterior of the vehicles. Equipped with the General Dynamics' reactive armor, combat vehicles are better able to withstand a direct hit from a variety of anti-armor munitions, including the shoulder-fired rocket propelled grenades that are prevalent in many of today's regional conflicts.
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Originally posted by fritz
I'm afraid that I just don't get this.
Are the makers of your Abrams tank now saying that Chobham and it's derivative Dorchester, are not up to the job, or [as is more likely the case] is this just more taxpayer's money for the military industrialists?
Originally posted by fritz
As for reactive armour - we don't use it. What you see, is bolt on armour 'slabs', much the same as you bolt on to the Bradley and M1A2's. No secret there either unless, you're saying on the Bradley and Abrams, this is reactive?
My post was not meant to be a slur on US technology etc, but more of a genuine enquiry and puzzlement as our UK/US armour is said to be the best in the world.