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25 relations: Ancient Egypt, Anti-tank mine, Armoured fighting vehicle, Bastion fort, Counterscarp, Defensive wall, Escalade, Field of fire, Fortification, Glacier, Gun mantlet, Hillforts in Britain, Maiden Castle, Dorset, Military engineering, Mont-Louis, Nubia, Parapet, Pyrénées-Orientales, Semna (Nubia), Siege, Siege engine, Sloped armour, Talus (fortification), Tank, Tilt-rod fuze.
- Vehicle armour
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Anti-tank mine
In anti-tank warfare, an anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles.
Armoured fighting vehicle
An armoured fighting vehicle (British English) or armored fighting vehicle (American English) (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.
See Glacis and Armoured fighting vehicle
Bastion fort
A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield.
Counterscarp
A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides, respectively, of a ditch or moat used in fortifications. Glacis and counterscarp are fortification (architectural elements).
Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. Glacis and defensive wall are fortification (architectural elements).
Escalade
Escalade is the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders.
Field of fire
The field of fire of a weapon (or group of weapons) is the area around it that can easily and effectively be reached by gunfire.
Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.
Gun mantlet
A gun mantlet is an armour plate or shield attached to an armoured fighting vehicle's gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon's barrel projects from the hull or turret armour and, in many cases, ensuring the vulnerable warhead of a loaded shell does not protrude past the vehicle's armour. Glacis and gun mantlet are vehicle armour.
Hillforts in Britain
Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain.
See Glacis and Hillforts in Britain
Maiden Castle, Dorset
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset.
See Glacis and Maiden Castle, Dorset
Military engineering
Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications.
See Glacis and Military engineering
Mont-Louis
Mont-Louis (or el Vilar d'Ovansa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Nubia
Nubia (Nobiin: Nobīn) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
See Glacis and Nubia
Parapet
A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (Pirineus Orientals; Pirenèus Orientals), also known as Northern Catalonia, are a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea.
See Glacis and Pyrénées-Orientales
Semna (Nubia)
The region of Semna is 15 miles south of Wadi Halfa and is situated where rocks cross the Nile narrowing its flow—the Semna Cataract.
Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
See Glacis and Siege
Siege engine
A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare.
Sloped armour
Sloped armour is armour that is oriented neither vertically nor horizontally. Glacis and Sloped armour are vehicle armour.
Talus (fortification)
In architecture, the talus is a feature of some late medieval castles, especially prevalent in crusader constructions.
See Glacis and Talus (fortification)
Tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.
See Glacis and Tank
Tilt-rod fuze
Russian TM-57 mine with a tilt-rod fuze A tilt-rod fuze is a device used to trigger anti-vehicle landmines.
See also
Vehicle armour
- AMAP-ADS
- Advanced Modular Armor Protection
- Armor Survivability Kit
- Armour-piercing ammunition
- Armoured vehicles
- Chobham armour
- Combination K
- Composite armour
- Depleted uranium
- Electric armour
- Frag Kit 6
- Glacis
- Gun mantlet
- Gun shield
- Improvised vehicle armour
- Interface defeat
- Kanchan armour
- Kontakt-1
- Kontakt-5
- MEXAS
- Nizh (explosive reactive armour)
- Non-explosive reactive armor
- Pike nose
- Plastic armour
- Q-Net
- Reactive armour
- Rolled homogeneous armour
- Shot trap
- Slat armor
- Sloped armour
- Spaced armour
- Spall
- Stillbrew armour
- Transparent Armor Gun Shield
- Turtle tank
- URI Purposely Built Vehicles
- V-hull
- Vehicle armour
- Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik
References
Also known as Glacis armor, Glacis armour, Glacis plate.