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NATO targets

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NATO targets are a series of standard armoured targets defined by NATO designed to test the armour penetration of weapons. The purpose of the triple heavy target is to represent the difficulty a projectile would face in penetrating the skirt, roadwheel, and hull of a Soviet tank.[1]

They are defined as:

Target type Angle of
target
[clarification needed]
First plate
thickness
First plate
hardness
First air gap Second plate
thickness
Second plate
hardness
Second
air gap
Third plate
thickness
Third plate
hardness
Single medium 60° 130 mm
Single heavy 60° 150 mm 260-300 kp/mm2
Double medium 60° 40 mm 150 mm 90 mm
Double heavy 60° 40 mm 308-353 kp/mm2 150 mm 110 mm 260-300 kp/mm2
Triple medium 65° 10 mm 330 mm 25 mm 330 mm 60 mm
Triple heavy 65° 10 mm 412-438 kp/mm2 330 mm 25 mm 100-122 kp/mm2 330 mm 80 mm 308-353 kp/mm2

References

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  1. ^ Kelley, Orr (1989). King of the Killing Zone. p. 176. ISBN 0-393-02648-5.