This video breaks down why explosive reactive armor is often a bad fit for BMPs, BTRs, and other lightly armored vehicles.

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 ...

For more than a century, tanks and anti-tank weapons have been locked in a constant arms race. As missiles and rockets became more powerful, tank designers were forced to develop new ways to protect ...