Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour used in protecting vehicles, especially modern tanks, against shaped charges and hardened kinetic energy penetrators. The most common type is explosive reactive armour (ERA), but variants include self-limiting explosive reactive armour (SLERA), non-energetic reactive armour (NERA), non-explosive reactive armour (NxRA), and electric armour. NERA and NxRA modules can withstand multiple hits, unlike ERA and SLERA.
M60A1 Patton tank with Israeli Blazer ERA
A T-72 tank layered with reactive armour bricks
Reactive armour "DYNA" for T-72 MBT
The advanced Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour on this T-90S is arranged in pairs of plates, giving the turret its prominent triangular profile.
Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets, shells, rockets, and missiles, protecting the personnel inside from enemy fire. Such vehicles include armoured fighting vehicles like tanks, aircraft, and ships.
The British Fox CVR(W) was built largely of aluminium.
Ballistic test of a bullet-resistant glass panel
Plasan Sand Cat light (5 ton) military vehicle featuring integrated composite armoured body
Sturmgeschütz III with spaced armour plates
