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"Tests showed that while a HEAT round would puncture and often ignite the diesel pouring out on the outside of the vehicle, the HEAT jet itself would start to dissipate in the diesel."

Wow, really? Given the relative concentrations of energy, that sounds about as effective as diverting a bullet by sneezing on it midflight. Meanwhile the intake filters get pawned by petrol smoke. But I'm far from an expert on the subject ...

Not an expert but should work for 2 reasons.
1) the speed the round is traveling at diesel is a solid, try watersking & falling off at 60MPH may as well hit the ground you bounce.
2) diesel is actualy a good explosive, hard to ignite but engines are very inefficent extracting well under half the power. Its used for major demolition work with regular explosives as trigger as its cheap & effective.
So you have got cheap as chips reactive armour deforming/diffusing the plasma cone before it crosses the space & reaches the armour.

Perhaps in the winter armys should start dusting there tanks off with sugar or flour, winter camo pretty explosive to, cake anyone :whis: