Repeat fire on modest armor

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[Kineas]

You might want to take a look at this .

I think such an effect exists physically, but practically has no use and I'm sure it won't be modeled.

I suspect steel would behave like plastic in that situation, but nobody knows about moder armor alloys.

[MikeyD]

This question is doubly important with ceramic armored Strykers. Stryker's MEXAS tiles are (I believe) a ceramic top layer with 20mm or so of soft steel backing. This gives it the impressive equivalent of 56mm RHA. I believe Bradley works the same way but with better ceramic and thicker backing plates with double the equivalent protection.

So what happens when/if the ceramic top coat shatters? In my mind ceramic=hard but brittle.

[Sixxkiller]

This isnt some dinner plate technology Mikey, A lot of the armors are combined in the powder stage with nanoparticles. The key ingrediant which increases its fractural limit is silicon carbide which is much harder than steel and much lighter.

[MikeyD]

I was speculating on what happens when the ceramic's overmatched. I can't imagine it buckling & bending like a steel plate. The only alternative I can think of is shattering, cracking, spalling or chipping. Would a compromised panel put an entire area at risk to repeated hits?

I've got to admit in 2002 this would simply be a topic of mildly pleasant hobbyist discussion. Nowadays MEXAS tiles are keeping real people safe from real harm. Discussing methods and consequences of defeating them is giving me the creeps. I much prefer my wartalk to remain safely abstract.