Armor Penetration and Armor resistance.

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Posted: Wed 30 May 2007, 17:38 Post subject: Armour pentration and Armour resistance

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I am posting this on a new thread, because for reasons unknown the thread of this name seems to be closed.
Could a moderator look into this, please, and then transfer this across?

Following on from my earlier post, and keeping in mind that kinetic energy and momentum are the key , but not the only, factors that defensive armour has to defeat we can move on to a detailed study.
First, some important notes so that we don’t get too carried away with what is for many, a fascinating subject.
• Since the dawn of time there has been a constant duel between armour/weapons, that is still going on today. From time to time, one or the other gains the advantage (e.g the rise and domination of armoured infantry in greek/roman times, the era of the longbow/crossbow, the brief reign of ‘hardened’ plate , which I guess is the subject of Alan Williams “The Knight and the Blast Furnaceâ€