Vehicle protection from artillery shells
I found an interesting "scan" of a report from the 1960s about the protection steel plates provide against artillery shells. It can be found here:
http://tanks.mod16.org/2014/03/10/report-on-protection-from-fragments-from-he-ammunition/
Offers more... er.... ammunition on the debate on artillery's effectiveness against armored vehicles.
Also I believe @TheForwardObserver has posted the following article here before: ("Who Says Dumb Artillery Shells Can't Kill Armor?"
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I just show several exampes of UKR vehicles, which were destroyed by fragments of close explosions. In most cases fragments set fire fuel or caused detonation of ammunition. This is photos form summer 2014, when our troops stay on the border and were shooting out from Russian territory with mortars, artillery and MLRS.
BTR-80, Marynivka border checkpoint. Despite on trench, fragments set fire APC and caused small detonation with moving of turret.
BMP-2, same location. I doubt what