Vehicle armor to protect against shaped charge warheads
An IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer equipped with slat armor surrounding its driver's cab
Slat armor (or slat armour in British English), also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect against high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) attacks, as used by anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
Slatarmor (or slat armour in British English), also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect...
IDF also developed and installed slatarmor add-on to deflect rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds. The fitted armor package adds roughly 15 additional...
upgrades to the vehicle's armor. To counter the threat of rocket-propelled grenades, General Dynamics developed slatarmor, which added 5,000 lb (2,270 kg)...
relatively light armor, but it can be augmented with add-on steel plates for improved ballistic protection. Reactive armor and slatarmor can be added for...
tanks supplied with an extra steel roof and siding, as well as anti-drone slatarmor which cover the entirety of the original vehicle. For the first time it...
an armored cabin ("the cockpit"), with bulletproof windows to protect against bombs, machinegun, and sniper fire. The IDF also developed a slatarmor add-on...
turret drive, Orlite modular passive and ERA armor packages, SLATarmor for the turret, external armor plating to the hull front. Fitted with M19 style...
managed to strike the target. Russian tanks have been fitted with rooftop slatarmor at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which could provide...
overlaid by a cover, a concept which is also used by MEXAS. Lightweight slatarmor is also part of the AMAP family. In excess new nano-ceramic armour overlaying...
appeared of Challenger 2s in Ukrainian service featuring top-mounted slatarmor, similar to those found on Russian vehicles used in the conflict, primarily...
with a 7.62 mm KSP 58 machine gun, and upgraded frontal armour. A unique slatarmor grid could be mounted at the front to help defeat high-explosive anti-tank...
tank's armor or gain sufficient elevation to hit the top armor. Armor upgrades include reactive armor on the sides of the tank and slatarmor on the rear...
ISSN 0004-2528 "Slat Armour for Stryker". Defense-Update. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-01-29. "BAE's LROD Cage Armor". Defense...
armor (ERA) blocks, in addition to the composite armor panels underneath, covering the whole tank turret and hull. ERA mounted armor-skirt and slat armor...
and D9T. Most of the IDF's D9 fleet today are composed of the D9R with slatarmor. IDF D9 bulldozers were used during the Second Intifada (2000–2005) to...