Slat armor, also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect against high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) attacks, as used by anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
An IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer equipped with slat armor surrounding its driver's cab
Panzer IV Ausf. H on display (with slat armor) at the Musée des Blindés in Saumur
A 1960s Stridsvagn 103C tank at the Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm, with anti-high-explosive anti-tank fence armor on the front
An abandoned and damaged Russian T-72B3M tank with improvised top-mounted slat armor during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine at Mariupol
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