Armored Vehicle Durability

[CNBA3]

How do I find the durability of armored vehicles such as tanks? Is ther a way to calculate the armor's strength?

 

[Crimson_Azoth]

There will be tests out there that can tell the AP of anti-tank shells. Using one of them, I was able to calulate that an anti-Abrams M1 shell has a muzzle force of 12,090,125 joules. That tells me that the tank itself would have a durability of about the same, i.e. Wall Level.

This was my calculation

The shell is a 10 kg depleted uranium penetrator fired at 1555 m/s, giving it a muzzle energy of 12,090,125 joules.

 

[CNBA3]

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thank you

 

[Crimson_Azoth]

All good. The calculation was kinetic energy, 0.5 x Mass (kgs) x Velocity^2 (mp/s).

 

[Soldier_Blue]

12.09 Megajoules would be Wall level+ (higher end).

 

[Crimson_Azoth]

Alright. Cheers, Soldier.

 

[CNBA3]

All good. The calculation was kinetic energy, 0.5 x Mass (kgs) x Velocity^2 (mp/s).

thank you again