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New Hybrid SlatFence RPG armour system displayed by Plasan at Eurosatory 2014.
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Eurosatory
2014 International Exhibition of Land Defence & Security 16 - 20 June 2014 Paris, France |
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Plasan at Eurosatory 2014 |
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| Thursday, July 10, 2014 06:52 PM | |||
| New Hybrid SlatFence RPG armour system displayed by Plasan at Eurosatory 2014 | |||
Plasan has presented for the first time at Eurosatory its new armour, designed to defeat RPG rockets. Hybrid SlatFence is a light passive system, weighing just 7 kg/sq.m., thus being ideal for all kinds of vehicles and especially for light platforms. |
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 New Hybrid SlatFence mounted on a German Leopard 2A5 |
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| It is comprised of highly strong and elastic polymer horizontal blinds that have metallic “teeth” on the edges. These cause a short-circuit to the rocket, making it to explode only as a grenade and not as a rocket, compared to other systems in the market that try to catch the rocket between heavy steel bars. |