Engineering:Nizh (explosive reactive armour)

Short description: Ukrainian explosive reactive armour

Ukrainian T-64BM2 equipped with Nizh

Nizh (Ukrainian: Ніж) is a brand of explosive reactive armour designed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau and manufactured in Ukraine by the state enterprise Fundamental Center of Crucial Technologies (FCCT-Microtek). Nizh modules have been provided by the government of Ukraine for the upgrade of the Pakistan i Al-Khalid tank.

Nizh modules are fitted to the exterior of a tank or other armored vehicle. As with all ERA modules, they are designed to explode when impacted by a weapon. Nizh modules differ from other ERA modules in that they are specifically designed to eliminate or minimize damage to adjacent modules, thus allowing for a 200% to 300% increased effectiveness against multiple weapon impacts, compared to other ERA module designs.

Variants and upgrades

Ukrainian T-84 equipped with Duplet

Nizh-1M

Nizh-1M – an explosive reactive armour complex, based on HKChPWSH elements. The complex provides tanks with reliable protection against RPG/SPG grenades (reduction of destructive capacity up to 90%), shaped charge and armour-piercing projectiles (up to 80%), unitary anti-tank guided missiles (up to 70%) and explosively formed penetrators (up to 40%).

Nizh-LM

Nizh-LM is an explosive reactive armour complex, based on HKChPWSH elements.

Duplet-2M

Duplet-2M (Ukrainian: Дупле́т) is a modular third-generation complex of tandem explosive reactive armour for tanks of Ukrainian production. A modernized version of the Nizh complex. Protection from tandem-charge projectiles is provided by a special tandem layout of elements.

External links

• "EXPLOSIVE REACTIVE ARMOUR "NOZH" MODULES". http://www.sdtb.kiev.ua/sdtb_defence_en.htm. 
• Manufacturer's site