There are many photos of burnt out Russian tanks out there that have - at least visually - explosive reactive armor bricks / elements that seem to be intact. The question why is this the case? Some people point out that the explosive elements were missing, but upon minor investigation this likely does not seem to be the reason. In this video we look at how explosive reactive armor works, we also look at Soviet / Russian Kontakt-1 and Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armor. Cover Image Original from by armyinform.com.ua, license CC BY 4.0: https://www.facebook.com/iamo.armyinform/photos/704543227655675 Modified by vonKickass and MHV. Other Images by armyinform.com.ua, license CC BY 4.0: https://armyinform.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/photo1647257772.jpeg Several Images by https://www.vitalykuzmin.net/ url as indicated in the video. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Hazell, Paul J.: Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2016. Ogorkiewicz, Richard M.: Technology of Tanks II. Jane’s Information Group: Coulsdon, Surrey, UK, 1991. Hilmes, Rolf: Meilensteine der Panzerentwicklung Panzerkonzepte und Baugruppentechnologie. Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2020. Zaloga, Steven J.: T-90 Standard Tank: The First Tank of the New Russia. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2018. Zaloga, Steven J.: T-80 Standard Tank: The Soviet Army’s Last Armored Champion. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2009. Kontakt-1 in: Tankograd (Blog), https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/p/kontakt-1.html, last accessed: 18th April 2022. Kontakt-5 ERA http://fofanov.armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/EQP/kontakt5.html https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/t73p1e/what_found_inside_the_era_on_russian_tanks_in/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-4_(explosive) 00:00 Intro 00:25 Explosive Reactive Armor & Shaped Charges 01:53 But why doesn’t it explode? 5:59 Why not set off by exploding Tank? 6:38 But what about Kontakt-5? 10:20 Final Mention: Missing Explosives? 10:35 Summary #ExplosiveReactiveArmor,#WhyERAdoesNotExplode,#Kontakt1