The boxy explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks around the sides of the hull, known as Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles (BRAT), are but one component of a fully equipped BUSK M2. The ERA, like its Russian ...

Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of explosive reactive armor (ERA) bricks ...

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...

Russian troops are struggling to properly fit their tanks with Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA), adding to "heavy attrition" in combat, according to Britain's Ministry of Defense. Russia has become ...

Since the start of the war, ERA has appeared on many light vehicles, but this approach can create more risks than benefits ...

Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams tanks from Australia are enhanced with anti-drone features and have seen action near Pokrovsk in key ...

The Ukrainian army finally is adding reactive armor to its German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. And just in time. The army is forming five new mechanized brigades—and they might need tanks. A ...

A Ukrainian commander praised the US-made Abrams for being better than Soviet-era tanks but said they could use more protection.

WITU unveiled the Pangolin ERA system at MSPO 2022. (Janes/Christopher Petrov) The Polish Military Institute for Armament Technologies (WITU) unveiled a new explosive reactive armour (ERA) system at ...

The ‘Tankbuster’ still lives up to its name. Results of recent live fire testing by the US Air Force (USAF) found that, 50 years after its inception, A-10C Thunderbolts can still crack open the armour ...