[kevin]

JaM...

Why do you say SLAT armor would stop 70% of RPG's? I'm just wondering what your source is, or is it a judgement call on your part?

I'm not real knowledgable on this subject, but I wonder what we can learn from the fact that SLAT is not applied to tanks or soft vehicles? (HMMVWs and trucks) I think it 'trips' a HEAT warhead, so that the blast disapates enough not to penetrate an IFV, but it not enough to protect a truck. But, it must not provide enough additional protection to tanks to be cost effective. Given those 2 assumptions, it should be easy to look at SP armor values, and then determine what additional protection SLAT offers.

I am also interested by the fact that the SLAT armor is not sloped. I'd think that even a 30% slope in the grills would provide much more protection benefit, than the benefit one would loose from decreased vision. Anyone want to speculate?