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		throwaway0a5e on Oct 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meterorite chunk crashes into house, bedroom, pill... I suspect they're trading an obscene amount of space to save weight (because space). There's a reason (the reason being they tested this stuff 1.5 centuries ago) pretty much no armored vehicle or vessel uses armor with empty spaces in between.

jazzyjackson on Oct 13, 2021 | [–]

It’s called “spaced armor” and there’s a whole wikipedia article detailing its use in the last century of tank design.

Army wants to save weight too btw, they do fly these things in after all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_armour

wnkrshm on Oct 13, 2021 | | [–]

Not only that, but you get better fuel efficiency, better acceleration etc.

sbierwagen on Oct 13, 2021 | [–]

You would be surprised: https://below-the-turret-ring.blogspot.com/2016/03/chobham-a...

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