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Armored vehicles

The term glacis plate describes the sloped front-most section of the hull of a tank or other armored fighting vehicle, often composed of upper and lower halves. In a head-on-head armored engagement, the glacis plate is the largest and most obvious target available to an enemy gunner.

Sloped armour has two advantages: many projectiles will deflect rather than penetrate. Those that penetrate will have to travel on a longer

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