When an explosive detonates, the expanding airblast is powerful enough to shred unarmored vehicles and send debris flying. But that shockwave, no matter how intense, cannot cut through the hardened ...

It’s clear some Russian troops don’t know how their armor works. Photos that recently circulated online depict Russian Gaz-66 trucks wearing blocks of explosive reactive armor. The armor won’t protect ...

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...

We have seen a lot of pictures of Russians placing Explosive Reactive Armor on their BTRs and BMPs since the start of the war, even on trucks. But this is actually a horrible idea, and it is actually ...