Comments by "Chef Chaudard" (@chefchaudard3580) on "Russian “Cope Cages” and how Bar/Slat/Mesh Protections Broadly Work" video.

  1. Russian tanks used some mattresses to copes with Panzerfaust in Berlin. It actually worked: british tests test conducted at the end of the war concluded that a double layer of mesh was the most effective protection against Panzerfaust: it cushioned the projectile, which did not detonate. Not effective enough to see widespread use, though. Modern projectiles are faster, i suspect that 'cushioning' is no more an option. About psychological effect on crews: at the end of WW2, many US tank crews tried to improve protection by hanging all they can put their hands on around the tank, from spare wheels and tracks, to steel sheets canibalized from dead tanks, and pouring concrete on it. This was proven completely ineffective against antitank weapons, overloading the tank for no purpose. They did it nonetheless.
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