Ceramic Materials Supplant Conventional Armor Plates

Credit: Lockheed Martin UK
Ceramic materials have become viable—even better—replacements for conventional metallic armor plates on tanks, personnel carriers and other armored vehicles. They not only resist penetration by most explosive projectiles encountered on a battlefield, but provide considerable weight savings, which in...

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