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Syria enhances T-72 protection
Syria has developed a new passive armour package to enhance the survivability of its Russian-supplied T-72M1 main battle tanks (MBT) against RPG-7 rocket propelled grenades.
Photographs published on a pro-Syrian military Facebook page on 9 August show a T-72M1 with a locally designed bar/slat armour array fitted to its turret to provide increased protection against RPG-7 rounds through a full 360 degrees.
The bar armour is on an all-welded frame positioned a short distance from the turret. It would appear that gaps have been left in the left side of the bar armour so that the sighting system for the 125 mm smooth bore gun is not obscured.
Metal chains hang from this bar armour in a similar war to the ones that are fitted under the turret bustle of Israel's Merkava MBTs.
The hull of the T-72M1 has also been fitted with bar/slat armour around its hull sides and possibly across the rear arc as well, although this cannot be seen in the photographs.
The upgraded Syrian vehicle is fitted with a slab of additional armour on the glacis plate, which already has laminate armour.
More chains hang across the front of the tank where it would be difficult to fit bar armour without it coming off during cross country operations.
Bar/slat armour is designed to neutralise the fuze of some types of high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds fired from the RPG-7. While its effectiveness depends on a number of factors, it is generally said to defeat 60% of RPG-7 rounds, as long as they are the older type with fuzes that can be neutralised by contact with the bars.
At this stage, it unclear whether this is a prototype bar/slat armour installation or if the package has been deployed on Syrian Army T-72M1 for operations.
Syria operates a large fleet of Russian supplied T-72M1 MBT with some these fitted with the standard Russian explosive reactive armour (ERA) package, which only provides protection over the frontal arc.
The first-generation Russian ERA only provided protection against projectiles with a HEAT warhead, but the latest generation provides a much higher level of protection.
Export T-72 MBT did not always have the same level of ballistic protection as the T-72s delivered to the Soviet Army. The T-72 MBT was also in many respects the second tier Soviet tank after the T-80.
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Photographs published on a pro-Syrian military Facebook page on 9 August show a T-72M1 with a locally designed bar/slat armour array fitted to its turret to provide increased protection against RPG-7 rounds through a full 360 degrees.
The bar armour is on an all-welded frame positioned a short distance from the turret. It would appear that gaps have been left in the left side of the bar armour so that the sighting system for the 125 mm smooth bore gun is not obscured.
Metal chains hang from this bar armour in a similar war to the ones that are fitted under the turret bustle of Israel's Merkava MBTs.
The hull of the T-72M1 has also been fitted with bar/slat armour around its hull sides and possibly across the rear arc as well, although this cannot be seen in the photographs.
The upgraded Syrian vehicle is fitted with a slab of additional armour on the glacis plate, which already has laminate armour.
More chains hang across the front of the tank where it would be difficult to fit bar armour without it coming off during cross country operations.
Bar/slat armour is designed to neutralise the fuze of some types of high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds fired from the RPG-7. While its effectiveness depends on a number of factors, it is generally said to defeat 60% of RPG-7 rounds, as long as they are the older type with fuzes that can be neutralised by contact with the bars.
At this stage, it unclear whether this is a prototype bar/slat armour installation or if the package has been deployed on Syrian Army T-72M1 for operations.
Syria operates a large fleet of Russian supplied T-72M1 MBT with some these fitted with the standard Russian explosive reactive armour (ERA) package, which only provides protection over the frontal arc.
The first-generation Russian ERA only provided protection against projectiles with a HEAT warhead, but the latest generation provides a much higher level of protection.
Export T-72 MBT did not always have the same level of ballistic protection as the T-72s delivered to the Soviet Army. The T-72 MBT was also in many respects the second tier Soviet tank after the T-80.
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