Royal Ordnance Plc

Donald Jepson

Melvyn Perry

Peter G Marlow

A composite armour comprises a forward metal armour plate, a metal armour backing plate spaced from and generally parallel to the forward armour plate and between the forward armour plate and the armour backing plate an array of armour layers each inclined at a substantial angle to the plane of the backing plate.

Composite armor

A composite armor system comprises a homogeneous metal armor plate and a plurality of reactive armor panels, each said panel comprising a forward layer, an intermediate layer of explosive material and a rearward layer, the homogeneous armor plate being formed with a plurality of recesses in its forward surface and the rearward layer of each reactive armor panel being received in a respective one of said recesses.

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Leeds, United Kingdom

Donald Jepson