Composite Armor

Composite Armor Plating
A Crusader Leopard with a series of Composite Armor Plating, installed for additional protection
Faction	United States Task Forces
Cost	$2000
Research At	Strategy Center

An armored tank is sometimes good for additional combat performance along with better protection in ensuring survival of combat vehicles, but may end up slowing them down heavily or lightly when deployed on the battlefield, Composite Armor is an upgrade that installed ceramic armor plating which can help any battle tanks including several other vehicles in the USA's combat arsenal in any combat situation.

First applications of Composite Armor Plating were found in the early generations of United States built battle tanks from the early years of the Cold War, the armor plating was utilised mainly by the Allies during the full scale conflict on several tanks such as the classic Sheridan & the Patton Tank, it was also applied to the classic M113 Comet APC.

Since the 80s the armor was also applied on several vehicles modern vehicles ranging from the such as , the Bradley IFV and the first M1 Abrams tank model, today Composite Armor have been found being used on several vehicles in the USA's armed forces such as the Dolphin ASV, Crusader Tanks even many more modernised vehicles after the Cold War.

Applications

To be added...

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Affects: Crusader, Predator, Comet, Templar, Abrams, Bradley, Paladin, Quasar Vertigo, Goliath, Lancer, Tomahawk, Avenger, Revenger, Reaper, Dolphin, Grizzly
Type: Armor Upgrade

Effects:

Installs Extra Armor
Strengthens Protection
Minor Vehicle Speed Reduction

Pros of Composite Armor

1. Increases armor protection of specified vehicles for additional combat use
2. Decreases vunerability of small arms, explosions and rockets by 20%

Cons of Composite Armor

1. Slows down a small number of combat vehicles by 10%

Gallery

Other Examples of Composite Armor providing additional protection to armor, but due to some vehicles in the USA's being heavy they will have a minor speed reduction due to the armor plating.

A Laser Crusader Leopard with recently installed Composite Armor Plates

A Quasar Verigo covered in Composite Armor, the powercore was also covered

The classic M3A7 Predator Tank using armor plating, protecting it from attacks

A Reaper MLRS with Composite Armor plating on the chassis

Behind the Scenes

• Composite Armor Plating is a default upgrade found in Generals and Zero Hour, but will feature some modifications to several tank models and some other AFVs.

• The new plating pieces will be part of the battle tanks & various AFVs that will be affected by the upgrade, it will add some more polys but at the same time make them more HD.

• Not only it'll add armor plates to all American armored vehicles, it'll increase the protection of all vehicles along with health to make them more useful whilst deployed into combat.