Tank cage armor - photo

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Aug 17, 2021, 07:13 PM
Altair

Tank cage armor - photo

Tank cage armor.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...375#post169577
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...951#post164256
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...431#post166232
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...745#post152122
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...332#post177204
Aug 18, 2021, 07:26 PM
desbromilow

I know tankers are weird critters, but seriously, what are the cages for? All I can think of is to create a false triggering point for contact shaped charge munitions (RPG) to detonate off the turret surface, rather than in contact... but I honestly thought turrets weren't that weak. given the cage is mostly "above" - is there a dropped contact munition to defend against?
Aug 18, 2021, 08:12 PM
Frank S

Quote:

Originally Posted by desbromilow

I know tankers are weird critters, but seriously, what are the cages for? All I can think of is to create a false triggering point for contact shaped charge munitions (RPG) to detonate off the turret surface, rather than in contact... but I honestly thought turrets weren't that weak. given the cage is mostly "above" - is there a dropped contact munition to defend against?

Try not to think of the flimsy angle iron cages as armor so much, as a false outline structure for concealment once the tank is on a firing location. Just toss some brush from the general area over the framework and the tank becomes part of the landscape. With camouflaged netting and a thick enough layer of brush add in a few hundred sand bags to reasonably protect you from small arms fire and you have an area on top of the tank to stretch out a little better than inside of the tank.
Aug 18, 2021, 11:44 PM
desbromilow

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank S

Try not to think of the flimsy angle iron cages as armor so much, as a false outline structure for concealment once the tank is on a firing location. Just toss some brush from the general area over the framework and the tank becomes part of the landscape. With camouflaged netting and a thick enough layer of brush add in a few hundred sand bags to reasonably protect you from small arms fire and you have an area on top of the tank to stretch out a little better than inside of the tank.

Thanks!!!! - that makes a lot more sense.