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The development of the E -technology started 2002 as a private initiative of KMW to cover the expected threat of PG's fired from RPG-7. The design covered turret and chassis with add-on armour modules adapted to Leopard 2.
This technology was proved by German Army and sold by KMW to the Canadian Army for their Leopard 2 A4M CAN. A few vehicles were sent in 2010 to Afghanistan and performed pretty well. This technology can also be attached to Leopard 2 A7V as the attachment points have been foreseen at this MBT.

Vickers MBT Mk. 7 loader's station :
 

 

 
 

ZTQ-15 in natural habitat
 

I cannot say when it was actually fielded, but according to an article written by Dieter Haug, who worked (maybe still works) as a protection expert for the Armament Directorate (then BWB, today BAAINBw) of the German Ministry of Defence, the B-technology armor was followed by C-, D- and E-technology armor as a reaction to the ever increasing penetration potential of newer weapons. The article is dated 2009 and provides a very good overview on the development of armor technology (including indirectly describing B-technology armor and Chobham armor as NERA).
 
If I had to guess, I'd say the E-technology armor was developed for the Leopard 2A6 EX demonstrator (simply based on the fact that it was designed to surpass the existing Leopard 2 variants in pretty much every aspect). It also might be related to the Leopard 2A7, which was in early stages of development by 2009 (first presented to the public in 2010).
 
 
This should be a PERI R17A3L4 (L4 for Leopard 2A4).

More ERAs

T-90Ms and BMPTs being moved to Moscow

 
 
   Other vehicles
 

Typhoon-K with RCWS and Typhoon-VDV with umanned turret armed with 2A42 30 mm AC.

 
 

T-80BVMs looks like will participate in Victory Parade. Photo from Alabino.

How to polish the Merkava IV (Four long video covering maintenance aspect of the tank)
 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyMLYDPTFNVXfheEXo8mdDA
 
 

http://www.mod.gov.rs/lat/16107/ogroman-iskorak-na-koji-se-cekalo-od-1991-godine-16107
 

Interesting article about T-64 turrets by Andrey
https://warspot.ru/5447-probnye-shary-sovetskogo-tankostroeniya
 
 
 
 

   Turret with with ultraforcelain inserts (cylinders) from the technical project of “Izdelie 432”, 1961. They returned to this idea in 1968, but the final version was corundum balls KVP-98, which were produced by a ceramic factory in Slavyansk (assembly of inserts with balls). The very development of the turret from the project to the adoption in 1973 took 12 years.
 
 

   T-64 production model turret with aluminum filler
 

   T-64 production model turret with aluminum filler, overall sections. When fired, the turret with combined armor provided full protection against 85-mm and 100-mm HEAT shells (similar to 105-mm cumulative shells of NATO countries), 100-mm armor-piercing blunt-headed shells with in arc of ± 35 °
 
 

   The T-64 tank with a turret with aluminum filler and a upper frontal hull plate with "cheekbones".
 

   T-64 tank with a turret with aluminum filler and a straight upper frontal part of the hull, 1967
 
 
 

 
 
 

   Ceramic ball with diameter of 70 mm
 
 
 
   T-64A turret with ceramics
 
 

   Serial T-64A turret, sections
 
 
 

   View of IVth belt of the serial-production turret 
 
 

Finally.
 
 

Sorry if repost. T-18 (MS-1) in running condition.
 

New design of the Turkish Leopard 2 armor upgrade offered by Roketsan:

 
I wonder if they took a look at Aselsan's Leopard 2 NG with AMAP armor...
 
 
Seems to be an evolution of their earlier prototype design:

PT-91 Twardy deploying smoke screen

 
 

numbers have nothing to real protection/penetration on complex structures capability, every APFSDS will work different against different structures and will give different "numbers" due to design features of each round, for example conqueror APDS often quted as "400+mm pen" but it can't penetrate T-72 with more ore less "same" numbers for protection level.
 
 that's why correct way of showing protection level for tank is indicate striking velocity for specific round at which tank will be penetrated/not penetrated.
 
as for article, it's strange, holes doesn't look like APFSDS hits IMHO
 

 
same tank
 

Strange article from AFV News Vol.35 No.2
 

and other strange from AFV News Vol.40 No.2

More from Azerbaijan

 
 
   T-122 Sakarya on the KAMAZ-63502 chassis

 
 
   Lynx Extra

 
 
   Smerch

 
   Polonez-M

 
 
   T-300 Kasirga on the KamAZ-63502 chassis.

 
 
 
   Dana-M1M

 
 
   Msta and Vena

 
 
   Khrizantema-S

 
 

A bit of different Rooikats

 
 

 
 
 
 

https://earlesspierre.livejournal.com/275281.html
https://earlesspierre.livejournal.com/111253.html
 
and more.
 
 

57 mm cover plate + 22 mm rear plate
 
Meanwhile this design from 1976 weighed more than the gun mantlet of the series production version.