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Abstract. After the Gulf War, 308 armored vehicles were inspected to
investigate the damage caused by kinetic energy rounds and shaped
charge warheads. The resulting data is analyzed and compared to
data from World War II 1944/45, the 1967 Six-day War,
the 1973 Yom Kippur War as well as with the
hit distribution data used by Germany, the USA and the
UK for tank design and vulnerability prediction. It is shown
that none of these correlate with the Gulf War data.
Analysis is also conducted of the Coalition ammunition used and
it is shown that the KE rounds (from type 3
on) and the SC warheads (from type 2 on) were
overmatched to the T55, T62 and T72 tanks used by
the Iraqi forces.
Related topics:
kinetic energy round, shaped charge, armored vehicle design, coalition operations, firepower and protection
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