Armor-protection for a wall, for example a bombshelter or an armored vehicle

Abstract

A wall of, for example, a bombshelter or armored vehicle, is provided with an inner and outer armor spaced from each other. This armor protection is designed to provide a deflection, respectively destruction of an impacting projectile as soon as the projectile nose has penetrated the outer armor. The arrangement is designed to permit only a relative minor destruction of the outer armor in the impacted region, so that those regions adjoining the impacted region maintain their protective structural integrity. This object is achieved in that in the partial chambers which are divided by transverse walls defining closed intermediate chambers between both armors there is disposed a material insert which explodes or bursts as a result of the penetration of the projectile, for example, a material insert consisting of an explosive, glass or ceramic material. The outer armor consists of plates which are overlappingly arranged at one of the adjoining sides and which swing outwardly. These plates can be suspended by means of hinges A on a post E of the outer armor and can be held in position by means of shear pins C at their opposite sides. The material insert G is disposed between the outer and inner armor.

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