The role of contemporary ferrous and nonferrous materials in ballistic protection of military vehicles

摘要

Metallic armor is the most mature class of armor materials and is still widely used for ballistic protection today.udAlthough the materials for metallic armor are highly developed, new and innovative metallic armor systems are beingudused to improve the ballistic protection (while reducing the weight) of various weapon systems. Historically, mostudmetallic armor evolved from designing materials to meet structural or other requirements rather than from designingudspecifically for ballistic protection. This design paradigm is changing; partly to meet the requirements for armed forcesudtransformation to a lighter, more survivable and efficient force [1]. Metallic armor systems are now being designed toudoptimize mass, space and cost efficiency.