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didn't the matilda have spaced armour? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdsdh1 ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
The title Perforated armour redirects to this page, but the subject is not addressed. The Chobham armour page draws a distinction between the two but does not explain. If there's a subject-matter expert around, please add a summary and point us to some good references. Thanks. (The title Perforated armor, by the way, points to the Vehicle armour page, so that should be resolved as well.) 71.197.166.72 ( talk) 09:51, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
This whole article is merely an unsourced restatement of content that is in the vehicle armor article anyway and should be deleted. DMorpheus2 ( talk) 20:45, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Anti-tank rifles generally fire solid shot (at least Soviet ones did) not HEAT. I reverted. DMorpheus2 ( talk) 15:49, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
And just to clarify: schurzen are one type of spaced armor. There are many other types. Thus, the fact that schurzen were developed as a countermeasure for AT rifles does NOT contradict the fact that spaced armor of some types can be effective against HEAT in some circumstances. Spaced armor can also enhance the effect of HEAT if the standoff is wrong, but, that's a whole nuther paragraph that doesn't currently exist in the article. DMorpheus2 ( talk) 16:44, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
These skirts were made of mild steel plates 5mm (0.1 9in) thick and were designed to protect the tank from rounds fired at close range by Russian anti-tank rifles. ... Although not designed for this purpose, the Schurzen provided useful protection against hollow charge (HEAT)
"However, the use of add-on spaced armour skirts on armored vehicles may have the opposite effect and actually increase the penetration of some shaped charge warheads. Due to constraints in the length of the projectile/missile, the built-in stand-off on many warheads is less than the optimum distance. In such cases, the skirting effectively increases the distance between the armor and the target, and the warhead detonates closer to its optimum standoff."
That's either nonsense or badly translated.
Please comment.---- 217.248.19.118 ( talk) 16:20, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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didn't the matilda have spaced armour? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdsdh1 ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
The title Perforated armour redirects to this page, but the subject is not addressed. The Chobham armour page draws a distinction between the two but does not explain. If there's a subject-matter expert around, please add a summary and point us to some good references. Thanks. (The title Perforated armor, by the way, points to the Vehicle armour page, so that should be resolved as well.) 71.197.166.72 ( talk) 09:51, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
This whole article is merely an unsourced restatement of content that is in the vehicle armor article anyway and should be deleted. DMorpheus2 ( talk) 20:45, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Anti-tank rifles generally fire solid shot (at least Soviet ones did) not HEAT. I reverted. DMorpheus2 ( talk) 15:49, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
And just to clarify: schurzen are one type of spaced armor. There are many other types. Thus, the fact that schurzen were developed as a countermeasure for AT rifles does NOT contradict the fact that spaced armor of some types can be effective against HEAT in some circumstances. Spaced armor can also enhance the effect of HEAT if the standoff is wrong, but, that's a whole nuther paragraph that doesn't currently exist in the article. DMorpheus2 ( talk) 16:44, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
These skirts were made of mild steel plates 5mm (0.1 9in) thick and were designed to protect the tank from rounds fired at close range by Russian anti-tank rifles. ... Although not designed for this purpose, the Schurzen provided useful protection against hollow charge (HEAT)
"However, the use of add-on spaced armour skirts on armored vehicles may have the opposite effect and actually increase the penetration of some shaped charge warheads. Due to constraints in the length of the projectile/missile, the built-in stand-off on many warheads is less than the optimum distance. In such cases, the skirting effectively increases the distance between the armor and the target, and the warhead detonates closer to its optimum standoff."
That's either nonsense or badly translated.
Please comment.---- 217.248.19.118 ( talk) 16:20, 25 October 2017 (UTC)