Stopping Power of Explosive Reactive Armours Against Different Shaped Charge Diameters or at Different Angles

The experimental results of three different explosive reactive armour arrangements with single- and double-sandwiches are described against shaped charges of 64 mm, 96 mm, 144 mm and 200 mm base diameter under 60° NATO-angle and the 96 mm diameter shaped charge additional under the angles of 40° and 30°. Larger shaped charges give, as expected, more penetration capability. However, the 200 mm, not so precise shaped charge, only gives similar results compared to the 144 mm precision shaped charge. The stopping power depends extremelly on the angle of the shaped charge axis to the reactive armour containing small layer thicknesses of high explosives.