How strong is China's latest composite armor, leading the world in performance and Asia in strength?

There are many kinds of modern composite armor, including slit armor, ceramic composite armor, expansion armor and so on. There are many kinds of composite armor, and it is difficult for the author to tell all the layout of composite armor, but I can make a general and unsystematic introduction to the classification of composite armor. Because each country's national conditions and basic industrial level are different, the design of composite armor in each country is also different, so this is one of the reasons for the wide variety of composite armor. Composite armor has multiple layers, and each layer of armor-piercing projectile or armor-piercing projectile consumes a certain amount of energy. Because of the different hardness of the materials in each layer, the core of the armor-piercing projectile or the metal jet of the armor-piercing projectile can change direction and even break the core of the armor-piercing projectile. Therefore, the penetration resistance of composite armor is much higher than that of homogeneous armor. When the weight per unit area of armor is the same, the ability of composite armor to resist armor-piercing projectile is twice that of homogeneous steel armor.

China's composite armor level can be said to be the world's first echelon, or at the world's leading level. China's composite armor started very early, but its development has been very slow. The Gulf War in the 1990s showed our army the information war and the composite armor of tanks. Among them, the most famous are Chobham composite armor of Britain and depleted uranium composite armor of the United States.

However, after entering the new century, China's composite armor has developed rapidly. The ceramic composite armor recently announced by General Maoming is the world's leading composite armor. In addition to absorbing Soviet ceramic armor technology, China also deployed NERA array (reactive armor array) in the composite armor layer of tanks using ceramic armor.

NERA array is definitely not as good as ceramic armor. These two kinds of armor have their own advantages and disadvantages. In fact, the consideration of their real performance depends more on the layout of users and the level of basic materials science, so in fact, these two kinds of composite armor can be used at the same time. However, if ceramic technology fails, some western countries can only use NERA array as a composite armor. But China is different. This is an example of China's composite armor technology surpassing ordinary countries.

China used four kinds of armor on the 99A tank, namely the most basic homogeneous steel plate with the best wear resistance, ceramic composite armor with rebound ability, NERA array with amazing physical thickness but excellent protection coefficient, and another weird shaped charge reaction armor.