They are adding ERA Panels to the outside of a jet.
ERA tiles, or Explosive Reactive Armor, are small explosive charges sandwiched between two metal plates. They are added to the outside of modern tanks as a means of protection. ERA tiles are designed to detonate when hit by a tank shell or other round.
Essentially, the small explosion they cause can greatly reduce the effectiveness of certain armor penetrating rounds.
All in all, the joke is that they are attaching a bunch of bombs to a plane that, first off, shouldn’t be concerned about tank rounds, and secondly, doesn’t have enough armor to survive the ERA detonations in the first place.
The clueless engineers/mechanics think the ERA tiles will add extra protection to the jet and decided to start affixing them to the body without running it by anyone else first.
The reality is that the tiles will weigh the plane down significantly and most definitely destroy the entire plane if one of them gets set off.
It’s the equivalent of strapping plate armor to a flying bird. But also the armor explodes when damaged.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Ok, what’s going on here?
Bubs@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
They are adding ERA Panels to the outside of a jet.
ERA tiles, or Explosive Reactive Armor, are small explosive charges sandwiched between two metal plates. They are added to the outside of modern tanks as a means of protection. ERA tiles are designed to detonate when hit by a tank shell or other round.
Essentially, the small explosion they cause can greatly reduce the effectiveness of certain armor penetrating rounds.
All in all, the joke is that they are attaching a bunch of bombs to a plane that, first off, shouldn’t be concerned about tank rounds, and secondly, doesn’t have enough armor to survive the ERA detonations in the first place.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Ok, but why?
Bubs@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The clueless engineers/mechanics think the ERA tiles will add extra protection to the jet and decided to start affixing them to the body without running it by anyone else first.
The reality is that the tiles will weigh the plane down significantly and most definitely destroy the entire plane if one of them gets set off.
It’s the equivalent of strapping plate armor to a flying bird. But also the armor explodes when damaged.
BigPotato@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a Ukrainian War meme, along with cope cages and the like - basically they put ERA on everything and anything.
In this case, the anime girl takes umbrage with that.