Василий Фофанов написал(а):Ok, like I thought - conjecture and nothing else. Premise that this had ever had anything to do with RPG-29 hangs in the air.
Sure, in US Army work banch of idiots - the only 3 real for tank danger was in Iraq IED, modern RPG warhed for tank sides rear and top, and as minor factor -EFP. And they completly missed second from the the most importnat danger. And since 2006 when smuggled from Iran tandem warhed for RPG-7 and RPG-29 start to be not so rare they upgraded TUSK version by ARAT-2 whit those XM-32 tiles. But as You sugest they are just idiots and they ignore fact that M1 was at least 3 times penetrate durig side turret hit (1x AT-4HP 2x RPG-29) not even mentioned hull side hits. So our Americna idiots improved hull protection mounted XM-19+ XM32 but for turret they put only XM-19. Propably they was thinking - hell yeach - we can't protect against wunderwaffe RPG, but normal EFP can't perforate side armour so we cust hang on turret XM32 tiles - juts on case better look for the press. .
"Becouse", RPG-29 penetrates frontally T-72B turret, which has about *twice* the protection of M1 turret side.
It's not give the best opinion about T-72B. For the other side what we have acually in T-72B armour for 0. degree? 145mm cast steel, 3 bulging plates (or simple NERA) circa 54mm HHS plate + circa 100mm cast? exept 3 bulging plates we have here only circa ~320mm RHA. So 320mm RHA + 3 bulging plates (very simple) vs 105mm main warhed (circa 630mm penetration) + 60mm diameter precursor.
BTW: info aboyt T-72B turret (for ) degree) perforation suppor opinion that RPG-29 precursor works not as "not initiating" precursor but rather as some kind SC warhed whit some penetration level.
It's not a "pretty big precursor" AT ALL. It doesn't work by penetrating into armor. It's principle of operation is completely different.
So what?
btw: on any cut-viev RPG-29, RPG-27, PG-7VR there is circ 60mm precursor looking like typical SC warhed. In fact this can be:
a) normal fast 60mm precurcor whit circa 250-300mm RHA penetration
b) "not initiating" precursor works on principles descirbe in some Balistic Synposium pdfs.
???
Yes, that's exactly what they suspected.
Sure, and we have only NERA wedges on leo-2A5-A6. And on rest tak multialyerd Bulrington style armour.