Hekler'Kok 'Iron Screen' Slat Armor

[Noah Corek]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a simple and cheap yet effective applique armor that Hekler'Kok can market as add-on for vehicles
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Hekler'Kok Defense Industries
• Affiliation: Hekler'Kok Defense Industries
• Market Status: Open-Market
• Model: 'Iron Screen' Slat Armor
• Modularity: Comes in different lengths and sizes for a wide variety of vehicles
• Production: Mass Production
• Material: Titanium-Alusteel Alloy

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Anti-Armor Warhead Protection
• Weight: Average
• Resistances:
  • Energy: None
  • Kinetic: None
  • Lightsabers: None
  • HESH Warhead: Extreme
  • HEAT Warhead: Extreme
  • Tandem-Charge Warhead: Extreme

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2.5cm Spaced Slats
• Modular Design
• Magnetic Attachment System

STRENGTHS

• Excellent Against HEAT/HESH/Tandem-Charge: Iron Screen operates by acting as effectively spaced armor that is, for the lack of a better term, bolted onto vehicles after the fact, this spaced armor is great against HEAT, HESH and Tandem-Charge warheads as it prevents them from making contact with the hull of vehicle and transferring its penetrating power to it

WEAKNESSES

• No Kinetic Impact Protection Whatsoever: While great against the use of warheads Iron Screen falls we short of said protective quality when it comes to kinetic impact weapons such as Sabot rounds and large caliber armor piercing rounds due to it being essentially a large metal screen around the vehicle instead of a solid armor
• Double Tap: Much like the other type of applique armor manufactured by Hekler'Kok, 'Citadel' Explosive Reactive Armor, 'Iron Screen' is vulnerable to being hit in the same spot as when it stops a warhead the section of armor that is hit is usually blown away

DESCRIPTION
With the introduction of the 'Citadel' Reactive Explosive Armor to the market the Hekler'Kok team began formulating another idea for applique armor that could be added to armored vehicles either from the factory at customer request or purchased separately after the fact. While the 'Citadel' ERA had been more geared towards all around protection and as such is rather expensive, the design team formulated an idea for a cheaper alternative that would be geared more towards anti-armor warheads such as HEAT, HESH and Tandem-Charge warheads. The team decided on using slat armor, basically a type of applique spaced armor, due to its inexpensive yet effective nature.

With the design elements of the new applique armor chosen the design team began working on choosing the materials they would use for the construction of the armor. Due to the inexpensive nature of the applique armor it was necessary to keep the materials as basic as possible and as such the design team decided to fall back on their tried and true Titanium-Alusteel Alloy as they had an abundance of it in stock as well as the fact that it is both lightweight and durable.

With both the design and material aspects of the armor chosen the design team moved onto their final process in adding the features for the armor. They standardized the space between the slats as 2.5cm so the armor can stop as warheads as small as 25mm autocannon shells. The designed the slat armor to be as modular as possible with section being able to be removed and replaced as simply as possible for maintenance and replacement as well as making it possible to be placed on a wide variety of vehicles. Lastly they decided on a magnetic attachment system that makes it as possible to easily remove and attach to vehicles.