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    The Evolution of Transparent Armor

    On US fighter aircraft of the third and fourth generations (1970-1980), transparent cockpit armor is practically absent. In cases where transparent armor is installed, for example, on the F-4E Phantom multipurpose fighter or the Tomcat F-14 carrier-based fighter, its thickness is minimal and is 32 mm, and the armor itself is more of symbolic meaning. There is no transparent armor on the F / A-18 carrier-based bomber fighter.

    Helicopter Mi-24
    Helicopter Mi-24
    The foregoing is connected with a number of circumstances. Including, with a fundamental change in the means of destruction of this class of aircraft, caused by the replacement of small arms and fighter armament of fighters with guided-missile weapons (with fragmentation-type warheads).

    At the same time, transparent armor is used to protect the crews of combat helicopters operating in the reach zones of automatic infantry weapons. In 1971, the Mi-24 transport and combat helicopter was adopted in the USSR. The canopy of the Mi-24 cockpits consists of curvature double side panels made of plexiglass and flat frontal bulletproof glass blocks. The wide frontal armor blocks of both tandem-mounted crew cockpits, together with steel armor of a 4–5 mm thick, protect the front projection of the navigator-operator and helicopter pilot from 7.62 mm infantry bullets.

    Helicopter Ka-50
    Helicopter Ka-50
    Transparent armor is used to protect the cockpit of modern attack helicopters Mi-28 and Ka-50, the front and side windows of which are made of armored glass blocks. According to the developers, these vehicles are protected from armor-piercing bullets of 12.7 mm caliber and 20 mm shells. The cockpit of the Su-25 armored attack aircraft from the front of the attack is also protected by 65 mm thick transparent bulletproof glass.
    Margaret
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    Thursday, November 28, 2019

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