A combined reactive and passive armour.

摘要

Reactive armour elements each holding at least one reactive assembly (8;8 min ) of the kind in which an explosive layer (10; 10 min ) is sandwiched between two metal plates (11,12;11 min ,12 min ), which is paired with a passive assembly (9;9 min ) comprising a layer of swellable material (13;13 min ) sandwiched between two metal plates (14,15;14 min ,15 min ). In each such pair the reactive assembly is outermost. Various structural and geometrical configurations are disclosed.