Why don’t rifle bullets detonate explosive reactive armor?
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They are too slow/don’t have enough energy. Modern explosives can be made insanely stable. By tuning your explosive mix you can basically set the minimum energy needed to set the explosive off. It’s set at a level that is above any small arms but still well below a anti armor round. This is easy as the difference in energy is absolutely enormous. The M833 an anti tank round that is effectively obsolete has a potential kinetic energy of 6.75 million joules. A 50 BMG has a potential kinetic energy of 0.02 million joules. or 1/400 of the energy.
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