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Which warheads are you talking about? One of the few Western ATGMS that seems to require a proper "standoff distance" is the I-TOW, but this missile is not going to be hitting the slat armour but going above it.
They are fairly easy to spot as they normally have rear mounted main HEAT charges or extended nose probes.
Just compare the old AT-3 with the upgraded AT-3...
In terms of RPGs, have you ever thought about why it was necessary to have the almost hollow frontal cone in front of the copper cone? Apart from decreasing the aerodynamic drag on the warhead and being the mounting point for the fuze, it is primarily required to provide the space for the cumulative jet to coalesce properly
If I didn't think of that why would I suggest that slat armour crushing the said portion would defeat the warhead by putting something solid where the jet is supposed to form...
In fact, if you look at the cross-sections of all HEAT warheads, you will be able to see that requisite distance taken into account in all of them. Hence, I cannot see how the penetrative power of a cumulative jet is going to be affected by the slat since there will always be the minimum requisite distance for effective jet formation (ie. the frontal cone) present.
As i mentioned it is optimised for rockets with their fuses in their nose tips... if the tip hits the slat then the jet is formed early a distance from the main armour, if it goes between the slats then the chances of it failing to detonate at all is greatly increased while the area where the jet is formed is damaged with the crushed nose components of the rocket and the slats that crushed the nose components forming barriers to the proper formation of the jet.
If all you plan to use the Strykers+slat for is to crush piss-poor durka durkas during policing duties in third world shitholes, be my guest.
Ummm who said Boomerang is a Stryker?
Is the Armata tank an M60A3 by any chance?
This is why I call slat armour "anachronistic", and with good reasons.
yeah... nobody in their right might would use slat armour in this day and age... it is useless sht...
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Either way, I understand perfectly what you are trying to say, however the RPG design already has that minimum standoff distance built in so your point is rendered moot.
My point is that for a significant percentage of the time slat armour will dud many HEAT charges on impact, and for the rest of the time it will change the standoff distance the main warhead is fired from which will also effect penetration for a relatively low cost.
Either way, I understand perfectly what you are trying to say, however the RPG design already has that minimum standoff distance built in so your point is rendered moot.
Experience has shown that no one technology will provide the holy grail of perfect protection.
Layers and a range of different technologies are needed and will be used to support other methods to keep the crew and troops safe.
If you are going to hang skirt armour on the side of a Boomerang then why not start with an outer slat layer... at the very worst it would be something to tie foliage to to camouflage the vehicle... and to get a hand grip to climb on and off the vehicle. the next layer could be ERA and then a core of NERA and then an inner layer of ERA and then a half metre air gap to the wheels to allow plenty of room so clogging is not a problem.
Armata still uses slat armour at its rear... why shouldn't boomerang?
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