do tanks actually have explosives attached to the outside of their armour? Wouldnt this help in damaging the tanks rather than saving them?
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You are probably referring to reactive armour => *”Explosive Reactive Amour” packages*. This special type of armour, often in the form of explosive packages on the outside of the actual tank armour, helps against certain types of anti-amour / armour – piercing ammunition.
Basically an AP shell comes in, ERA explodes, explosive shockwaves heavily diminishes the impact of the AP shell, tank is scarred but survives.
As the explosive blast is deflected to the outside, not the inside, the actual damage to the hard armour behind it is comparatively limited, compared to the chance to actually stop an AP shell going through the armour and vaporizing your crew.
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