Armor thickness of the IA T90, Arjun and the IA T72

[Koovie]

Whats the armor thickness of our tanks???? (T-90. Arjun, T-72)

 

[scarcry]

T90 - 1600mm

t72 1400mm

arjun 1400 - 1600mm?

 

[The A-5]

More than the thickness of armor, the thing that matters is what the armor is made up of.

 

[Koovie]

T90 - 1600mm

t72 1400mm

arjun 1400 - 1600mm?

source? And where exactly (Front, sides, read, turret)?

 

[scarcry]

wikipedia + indiandefenceforum srry no links

 

[anant_s]

T90 - 1600mm

t72 1400mm

arjun 1400 - 1600mm?

Seems incorrect buddy. Suppose you have a thickness of 1600 mm or 1.6 m, weight of 1 square meter of this sheet would be 1*1*1.6*7.8 Tons (thickness*length*width*density of iron (7.8 T/cu m) ~10.5 Tons.
Now if each square meter of tank armor weighs that much, the whole tank would be unimaginably heavy.
Besides I don't think that thick plates can be manufactured.

 

[Tangent]

Seems incorrect buddy. Suppose you have a thickness of 1600 mm or 1.6 m, weight of 1 square meter of this sheet would be 1*1*1.6*7.8 Tons (thickness*length*width*density of iron (7.8 T/cu m) ~10.5 Tons.
Now if each square meter of tank armor weighs that much, the whole tank would be unimaginably heavy.
Besides I don't think that thick plates can be manufactured.

...effective thickness..in steel...

 

[scarcry]

ever heard of ******* ERA armor

 

[Koovie]

ever heard of ******* ERA armor

so what? Do you think that tanks only use ERA armor?????

 

[anant_s]

Ok here is a link that can be of interest to Tank enthusiasts trying to find tank armor effectiveness against Kinetic Energy and Chemical Energy munitions.

ever heard of ******* ERA armor

Mate are you talking about Explosive Reactive Armors. IAs Bhisma (T-90M) do have Konart 5 ERA.

Data


T-90 56 cm (KE) 79 cm (CE) Link1, Link2
T-72 41 cm (KE) 34 cm (CE) Link1

KE Kinetic Energy Munition
CE Chemical Energy Munition

 

[scarcry]

t90

Steel-composite-reactive blend
vs APFSDS: 700–800 with Kontakt-5 = 830-950mm; vs HEAT: 780–1000 with Kontakt-5 = 1,350–1,650mm