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Originally Posted by troung
Well the losses seem to have been worse among the vanilla Merk-2s (ammo should have cooked off in at least one and the turret came off) without the add on armor then with the Merk-3s or Merk-4s. Looking at the picture coverage as time went on more Merk-3s and Merk-4s were seen as compared to the Merk-2s. That's just going on what is out at the moment.
The Merk-2 can be fitted with add on armor which changes the shape of the turret but not all have ($$$$). The add on armor should add KE protection to the tanks which slat would not.
Where would be the best place to put the slat armor on the Merk tanks?
Hezbollah TV did have a special on the weak points of the Merk, I will probably not post the images without anyone asking.
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You can email me those pix if you like Troung.
m21sniper2000@yahoo.com(thanx bro, and no- please i would say don't put them on an open forum- you are not hezbollah TV)
Anyway- where do you put the slats? Everywhere you can. Christ bro, you can use cyclone fence and weld it on in place. We all know the stuff is proven, the Russians have been using it since WWII to deal with the Nazi Panzerfausts, and we see how resistant it's made the Stryker and 113 to RPGs.
Slat armor works,
even if you have other add-ons, slat still works. And it's cheaper than any other applique kit on the market. You should literally be able to do a main battle tank in the field(ie your own troops installing it) for under 500 bucks a tank.