British troops shield off rockets by using cloth
source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/tarian_cloth_armour/
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British troops in the Middle East are protecting their vehicles from rocket warheads with the use of special cloth -- part of the MoD's new TARIAN vehicle protection system.
TARIAN is currently being tested in Afghanistan and has it has been reported that the cloth technique has been effective against blasts. The main aim is to resist strikes from Rocket Propelled Grenades in particular.
" [The cloth] is actually a replacement, not for armour plate, but for so-called "bar" or "slat" RPG protection. An RPG warhead pierces heavy armour using the shaped-charge effect, in which a hollow cone of explosive - usually lined with copper - is detonated. The effect is to form the copper into a pencil-thin slug of incredibly hot, high-velocity molten metal which can burn its way through armour which would have shrugged off an ordinary explosive charge."
TARIAN is currently being tested in Afghanistan and has it has been reported that the cloth technique has been effective against blasts. The main aim is to resist strikes from Rocket Propelled Grenades in particular.
" [The cloth] is actually a replacement, not for armour plate, but for so-called "bar" or "slat" RPG protection. An RPG warhead pierces heavy armour using the shaped-charge effect, in which a hollow cone of explosive - usually lined with copper - is detonated. The effect is to form the copper into a pencil-thin slug of incredibly hot, high-velocity molten metal which can burn its way through armour which would have shrugged off an ordinary explosive charge."
