Armor

Ablative armor is armor designed to negate damage by itself being damaged or destroyed. The idea is most commonly encountered in science fiction, as this type of armor would be most effective versus electromagnetic energy emissions and particle beams. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ablative armor"

An armour piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armour. In naval warfare and older anti-tank shells, the shell had to withstand the shock of punching through armour plate. Shells designed for this purpose had a greatly strengthened case with a specially hardened and shaped nose, and a much smaller bursting charge. Some smaller calibre AP shells had no bursting charge at all. Plain AP shell is now very rarely seen except in naval usage, and is not commonly used there. ...more on Wikipedia about "Armor-piercing shot and shell"

A thing described as bulletproof is a material, or substance that is capable of resisting or stopping a bullet or high velocity missile. Such materials are usually rigid, but may be supple. They may be complex, such as Kevlar, Lexan, and carbon fiber composite materials, or they may be basic and simple, such as steel or titanium. Bullet proof materials are often used in law enforcement and military applications, saving a number of lives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bulletproof"

Bulletproof glass implys that it will stop all manner of bullets fired at it. This is not true so within the industry it is known as Bullet resistant glass. Bullet resistant glass is usually a transparent material, such as polycarbonate thermoplastic (i.e. Lexan but also called Tuffak and Cyrolon),or layers of laminated glass, that provides the appearance and light-transmitting behavior of standard glass but offers varying degrees of protection from small arms fire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bulletproof glass"

A champron is a medieval armor piece designed to protect a horse's head ...more on Wikipedia about "Champron"

Chobham armour is a composite armour developed at the British tank research centre on Chobham Common. Although the exact composition of Chobham armour remains a secret, it appears to be a composite of ceramic layered between steel armour plating, a combination that is excellent at defeating high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds. Possible ceramics for such armours are: boron carbide, silicon carbide, aluminium oxide ( sapphire or "alumina"), titanium boride or Syndie, a synthetic diamond composite. Of these boron carbide is the hardest and lightest, but also the most expensive and brittle. Over the years newer composites have been developed, giving about five times the protection value of the original pure ceramics, the best of which were again about five times as effective as a steel plate of equal weight. The ceramic tiles are encased within a metal (today typically titanium) matrix, either by isostatically pressing them into the heated matrix, or by glueing them with an epoxy resin. A more general name is therefore: CMC or Ceramic Matrix Composite. A titanium matrix is extremely expensive to manufacture but the metal is favoured for its lightness, strength and resistance to corrosion, a constant problem with CMC's. The Rank company claims to have invented an alumina matrix for the insertion of boron carbide or silicon carbide tiles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chobham armour"

Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air. Most composite armours are lighter than their all-metal equivalent, but instead occupy a larger volume for the same resistance to penetration. It is possible to design composite armour stronger, lighter and less voluminous than traditional armour, but the cost is often prohibitively high, restricting its use to especially vulnerable parts of a vehicle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Composite armour"

Cuirass ( French cuirasse, Latin coriaceus, made of leather, from corium, the original breastplate being of leather), the plate armour, whether formed of a single piece of metal or other rigid material or composed of two or more pieces, which covers the front of the wearer's person. In a suit of armour, however, since this important piece was generally worn in connection with a corresponding defence for the back, the term cuirass commonly is understood to imply the complete body-armour, including both the breast and the back plates. Thus this complete body armour appears in the middle ages frequently to have been described as a pair of plates. The corslet (Fr. corselet, diminutive of the Fr. cors, body), a comparatively light cuirass, is more strictly a breast-plate only. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cuirass"

Depleted uranium (DU) is uranium which contains a reduced proportion of the fissile isotope U-235. It is a byproduct of the enriching of natural uranium for use in nuclear reactors. DU is what is left over when most of the more radioactive isotopes of uranium are removed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Depleted uranium"

Depleted uranium (DU) is uranium which contains a reduced proportion of the fissile isotope U-235. It is a waste product from the enrichment of natural uranium for use in nuclear reactors. DU is what is left over when most of the more radioactive isotopes of uranium are removed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Depleted uranium (Health and environmental issues)"

A fauld is a piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fauld"

A glacis ( or ) in military engineering is an artificial slope of earth in the front of works such as fortifications, so constructed as to keep any potential assailant under the fire of the defenders to the last possible moment. On the natural ground level, troops attacking any high work have a degree of shelter from its fire when close up to it; engineers therefore raise such ground to form a glacis, which defenders can sweep with fire from the parapet. The glacis was originally designed to protect stone fortifications, as vertical walls could easily be smashed down by artillery fire. The glacis deflected incoming cannonballs by providing a springy, sloping surface which the cannonballs bounced off, landing behind the fragile stone fortifications. ...more on Wikipedia about "Glacis"

The hauberk is a shirt of mail or leather (weighing about 14 kg for the mail). There are slits in the front and back below the waist (so the wearer could straddle a horse and ride), and it almost always had sleeves. The sleeves would extend to mid-way down the forearm. These shirts were put on over the head. Chain mail was made of interlocking metal rings and was flexible like cloth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hauberk"

Higgins Armory Museum, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is a public, non-profit museum specializing in the history of arms and armor. John Woodman Higgins built a unique steel and glass structure to house his collection of armor, one of the largest such collections in the world. Currently, the museum features thousands of pieces from the ancient military traditions of Western Europe, Ancient Rome, Fuedal Japan, and beyond. One of the largest arms and armor collections in the world with over 80 suits of armor spanning the Medieval to renaissance and early modern periods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Higgins Armory Museum"

Kontakt-5 is a Russian type of third-generation explosive reactive armour. It is the first type of ERA which is effectively able to defeat modern APFSDS rounds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kontakt-5"

A mantlet was a large shield or portable shelter used for stopping arrows or bullets, in medieval warfare. A mantlet could be mounted on a wheeled carriage and protected one or several soldiers. See also pavise. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mantlet"

Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour that reacts in some way to the impact of a weapon to reduce the damage done to the vehicle being protected. The most common type of reactive armour is by far Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA), but other types include Self-Limiting Explosive Reactive Armour (SLERA), Non-Energetic Reactive Armour (NERA), Non-Explosive Reactive Armour (NxRA), and electric reactive armour. Unlike ERA and SLERA, NERA and NxRA modules can withstand multiple hits, but a second hit in exactly the same location will still penetrate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reactive armour"

Rolled homogeneous armour, or RHA, is a theoretical basic type of steel plate, used as a baseline to compare the effectiveness of military vehicle armour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rolled homogeneous armour"

Sloped armour for tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles greatly increases protection, in comparison to perpendicular armour plates of the same thickness. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sloped armour"

Spall are flakes of a material that are broken off a larger solid body. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spall"

The torpedo belt was part of the armor of warships between the 1920s and 1940s. It consisted of a series of lightly armored compartments, extending along a narrow belt across and just below a ship's waterline. The idea was this belt would absorb the explosions from Torpedoes, thus minimizing damage to the ship itself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Torpedo belt"

Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. The design and purpose of the vehicle determines the amount of armour plating carried, as the plating is often very heavy and excessive amounts of armour restrict mobility. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vehicle armour"

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