Cope cages on Western tanks, I think. Russians have had them for awhile but theirs look like shit.
I’m not entirely sure what they’re supposed to accomplish, which is what makes it a cope ig. That’s going to be irrelevant unless someone travels back to the 80s and steals some HEAT ammo. The tiniest amount of RPG or Javelin protection is my best guess.
The cage is supposed to detonate the heat round (which both the rpg and javelin have to some extent) prior to impacting the actual armor. There’s usually a shaped charge in the round and a stand off with the primer in it that ignites the round at the convergence point of the shaped charge. If you set that off prior to the round hitting the armor it’ll just splatter against the armor rather than penetrate it. Some weapons have a tandem charge, that has two shaped charges to help it get through ERA or I imagine cope cages.
Cope cages on Western tanks, I think. Russians have had them for awhile but theirs look like shit.
Not just that, look at the sides and front bottom, there’s ERA slapped all over it. They gave it both the Cope Cage and ERA treatment, this is truly peak credibility.
Cope cages on Western tanks, I think. Russians have had them for awhile but theirs look like shit.
I’m not entirely sure what they’re supposed to accomplish, which is what makes it a cope ig. That’s going to be irrelevant unless someone travels back to the 80s and steals some HEAT ammo. The tiniest amount of RPG or Javelin protection is my best guess.
The cage is supposed to detonate the heat round (which both the rpg and javelin have to some extent) prior to impacting the actual armor. There’s usually a shaped charge in the round and a stand off with the primer in it that ignites the round at the convergence point of the shaped charge. If you set that off prior to the round hitting the armor it’ll just splatter against the armor rather than penetrate it. Some weapons have a tandem charge, that has two shaped charges to help it get through ERA or I imagine cope cages.
Not just that, look at the sides and front bottom, there’s ERA slapped all over it. They gave it both the Cope Cage and ERA treatment, this is truly peak credibility.
Their main utility is to prevent FPV drone attacks, especially with dropped ammunition. At leads that is what I have gleaned.