I’m assuming the layout is currently also assumed to be like this;
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Didn’t they change it due to a Challenger getting hit by a rpg29
I think the cover overextends the ERA,
That would be logical for me as it has to keep it in place
I use the ECM box as a reference
Could also be the backing section of the block assumed to be VARMA is just the mounting for the block so they can be opened and replaced?
Tbh, it can be anything :/
This book states that both Chob and Aspro are there
Sadly i do not know the source, but it has to be past 2008
Could the Chobam they’re talking about also be the backing plate?
Afaik the back palte was not even once refered to as Chobham. So i doubt it but it cant be excluded. Also the series of layers bugs me, how would it work? Not sure what is going on here tbh.
are there actually sources stating the back plate to be composit?
I think there were some, i do not have them with me but i remember reading it
no, they arent, thats not varma behind, thats just the layered approach ASPRO-HMT uses.
backing plate is a 40mm RHa plate so no xD
UGHHH
Challenger 2 TES are Megatron at bovington tank museum with VARMA before they added on the ASPRO-HMT.
Challenger 2 TES/Megatron doing it round’s at bovington tank museum with it’s ASPRO-HMT add to it !!
The top is 2G config, the bottom 2I
these are too different configs, 2G and 2H, ASPRO and VARMA replace eachother between these configs.
Still that book bugs me
ERA(NERA?) Chobham layers. I dont have a source for it (Maybe someone does?)
Does not look like Tankograd.
@duckmartin you got something in your books collection?
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Its a passive block with ERA on top, both from Rafael and thats ASPRO-HMT, the data sheet even mentions if being a passive + active approach
Yea, but CHOBHAM type is mentioned there, specifically. That is the thing that cant make me move on from this pic. DOes it mean ASPRO composite is simmilar to Chobham? Is it a different daviation from Chobham?