Slat armor
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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 attacks, as used by anti-tank guided missiles and r
An IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer equipped with slat armor surrounding its driver's cab
A model Mark I British tank with a "grenade shield" grid feature on top.
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
Spaced armour
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Armour with two or more plates spaced a distance apart falls under the category of spaced armour. Spaced armour can be sloped or unsloped. When sloped, it reduces the penetrating power of bullets and
Spaced armour around the turret of a PzKpfw IV
Schürzen spaced armour skirting on PzKpfw III Ausf. M protecting the hull and turret, June 1943
Storage spaces within the spaced armour on a Merkava MBT