Javelin will not penetrate: Russian tanks T-72B3 equipped with dynamic protection "Contact-1"

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Russian T-72B3 tanks performing combat missions during a special military operation received improved protection against attacks by Javelin anti-tank systems and their analogues. We are talking about blocks of dynamic protection "Contact-1". Video footage of converted tanks is published by the RF Ministry of Defense.


The dynamic protection unit "Contact-1" is an anti-cumulative array attached to the turret of the combat vehicle on four rails. The practice of using T-72B3 tanks in the NVO zone showed that their most vulnerable point is precisely the roof of the tower.

When a missile from a Javelin or NLAW ATGM, as well as cumulative ammunition dropped from a quadrocopter, hits this area, the tank is destroyed in most cases, and the crew dies.

Russian tank crews have mounted special gratings on the roofs of the towers before. However, this time the Ministry of Defense decided to additionally install forty containers of dynamic protection "Contact-1" on them. Their total weight reaches two hundred kilograms.

The containers of dynamic protection contain an explosive, which, when hit by ammunition from an anti-tank system or a cumulative grenade, explodes. Thus, part of the energy of the anti-tank ammunition is leveled.

Such a visor, which received the name "birdhouse" in the military environment, is able to protect the crew of the tank from the attack of a kamikaze drone.

Footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows converted T-72B3 tanks moving across rough terrain and firing without fear of air attack.

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  1. twice-born Offline twice-born
    twice-born (Unknown) 10 May 2023 00: 29
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    Great! God forbid this protection will be on all tanks and save the lives of our soldiers!
  2. Storm_2022 Offline Storm_2022
    Storm_2022 (Storm _2022) 10 May 2023 22: 58
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    Russian tank crews have mounted special gratings on the roofs of the towers before. However, this time the Ministry of Defense decided to additionally install forty containers of dynamic protection "Contact-1" on them. Their total weight reaches two hundred kilograms.

    The containers of dynamic protection contain an explosive, which, when hit by ammunition from an anti-tank system or a cumulative grenade, explodes. Thus, part of the energy of the anti-tank ammunition is leveled.

    Are the people who came up with this design generally friendly with the naked?
    The dynamic protection units installed by craftsmen on infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, when triggered, easily broke through the sides of light armored vehicles, and here they install a block with an explosive not on an armored panel 30-40 mm thick, but on an ordinary grate that will simply be blown to shreds by any enemy ammunition with a tandem The warhead will easily reach the tank tower .....
    1. Sergei N Offline Sergei N
      Sergei N (Sergey N) 11 May 2023 19: 00
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      Firstly, we have long developed and passed all the tests a special remote sensing for light armored vehicles (infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers). And the fact that it is not serially installed on our light armored vehicles is another matter.
      Secondly, no one in their right mind will install an explosive DZ designed for tanks on light armored vehicles (infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers). DZ blocks were placed on light armored vehicles without explosives inside, as additional protection. And the one who put the DZ, intended for tanks, equipped with explosives on light armored vehicles, is a creature not disfigured by intellect.
      Thirdly - why did you get the idea that this is an ordinary grill, and not a lattice anti-cumulative screen made of armored steel?
      Fourthly, in addition to the DZ installed on the visor, a DZ is installed near the tank and on the roof of the turret. According to the idea, the leading charge should work out the remote sensing mounted on the visor. And for the main charge, the remote sensing system installed on the roof of the tank turret should work.
      Such protection may well save the tank from cumulative ammunition attacking from above.
  3. Sergei N Offline Sergei N
    Sergei N (Sergey N) 11 May 2023 19: 28
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    From the very beginning, it was necessary to put dynamic protection on the visors.
    Only here it is embarrassing that the grate above the hatches was not covered with dynamic protection. Maybe all the same it was necessary to cover the entire area of ​​\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbthe visor with dynamic protection.